Again I see today our glorious contract agencies with their lovely advertisements for China Southern. Guys please do some due diligence before applying. We have had a new CEO come across from China Eastern and he has openly stated his disinterest in continuing the foreign pilot department as a whole. There is immediate talk of "culling foreign pilot numbers", which will be done by way of good ol' fashioned sim failures, and straight up non renewal of contracts, for no reason whatsoever (other than their agenda).
It is an extremely unpleasant environment at present.