Originally Posted by
Brakerider
So why can’t Air NZ hire SOs externally who don’t have Jet time (within the 70:30 ratio) without Link pilots jumping up and down?
I don't know bro! Politics. Maybe they could go 70:30, no jet time, to SO positions and hire A320 FOs direct with jet time outside of the 70:30. Maybe that would be too complicated. Whatever they did, somebody would be unhappy.