I wonder how many US citizen pilots with 1000 - 1400 hours are bitching about current rules that allow foriegners to take their jobs?
Should the regenals over there not just train up these pilots and employ them instead of issuing E3 visas?
* But an E3 does not lead to a green card!
True often it will not but tell that to the Yank with 1,000 hrs that is flipping burgers.
Also Australianpilots (most) are against any Pilots comming in to work even if they are the 2 year with a 2 year option (once only) Skilled Worker Visa with NO path to Citizenship.
I think the better optoin would have been to suport the 2 year work visa and require more training for up comming Australian pilots as a catch up to the current "shortage". This would have probably increased real wage growth for most, but not been the overnight massive increases in pay many seemed to be expecting. Pilots coming to work for 2 to a max of 4 years will be less in numbers applying, and wanting more in $'s as renumeration.
This would have given the airlines a band-aid not a cure.