Originally Posted by
Australopithecus
One small problem with that. Two, actually:
Foreign pilots get paid the same as every other DHC-8 pilot, so your assertion that foreigners are a ploy to keep wages low is faulty.
How many Australian pilots are flying in the US on E-3 visas? Any move to bring them all home to protect American jobs?
I never said anything about wages, I talked about training costs. But since you brought it up, foreign pilots may not get paid LESS but they are the reason wages don’t go UP. Free market and all that stuff that’s over my head and pay check.
Absolutely 100% in favour of bringing them home (also I’m pretty sure they all want to come home of their own accord). It might force the lawmakers to scrap that stupid 1500hr rule and nurture the GA side of it more.