Several of us in the US that left Aussie ‘majors’ to fly here. Less complicated system (more user friendly), more buying power on average and from all reports greater soft pay (work rules). Seniority for bidding and the ability to pick up/drop trips and change your schedule are also strong pluses. Don’t even get me started on the differences between management culture of Flight Data Monitoring vs FOQA; most Aussie skippers were terrified of it, here it’s a non issue and practically really changes the enjoyment factor of the job when you’re free to click everything off and hand fly.