Originally Posted by
ufford
I hope you’re right but it all seems a bit suss to me.. they’re pushing for overseas pilots and I’m not sure they would take any locals if they had a cheaper option that had to do exactly as ordered with sponsorship revoking being held over them.. I’ve seen it before outside of aviation and not convinced this is not the master plan to take control
Who is "they're" in the "they're pushing..."? Mainline? Nope. Joyce has only ever mentioned 457 visas in the context of TRIs and crew for the Dash fleet. Personally I can't see their being a host of overseas based Dash 8 TRIs clamouring for the opportunity to come to Australia- particularly if they're on the 'cheaper option' deals that everyone keeps talking about.