As above, there is no need for Qantas to get a foreign CAA to go for the extended FTL’s, both Jetconnect and Jetstar NZ are simply crewing companies that supply crew to the Qantas and Jetstar operations. If they were to do this with Project Sunrise they could just put a crew base in Auckland on what ever terms and conditions they see fit and pax crew to Sydney or Melbourne as required. Having said that it has been tried before, think Red Q, Jetstar Hong Kong and the 330 Jetstar hub in Singapore, all were unmitigated disasters. Also I remember when BA set up an off shoot called Open Skies based in Paris to fly the Atlantic on ex Ba Aircraft but crewed on lesser terms and conditions, it was a disaster. The cost involved in setting it up would likely make it loss making, the only upside for Alan is that it creates yet another pilot group to play off against the rest. Personally I think anyone openly touting for work that undermines another pilot group is dubious at best however you can’t blame people who need work accepting potential jobs hat may be on offer. It could work out well for Qantas, get rid of all the Jetstar 787’s, make a proportion of that crew redundant before offering them he choice of flying for this new entity.