Originally Posted by
Muttley Crew
I'd be quite happy to see the Chinese pull all their money (and virus) out and hand back the farms, dairies, infrastructure, etc the short term thinkers here have sold them.
Brushing aside the fact China is actually Australia's 9th biggest foreign investor, 35% of our trade is with China. Enough rubbish directed at them and they may actually take you up on that offer and cease their trade and sending of students to be educated in this country. And as a nation we'd be stuffed. Expect a large drop in wealth and living standards amongst all Australians.
In an Aviation context I'd gather a large proportion of flying training is conducted for Chinese students. Their aviation market is growing, and will continue to grow in the long term post Corona. A lot of Flying Instructors are employed to train those Chinese students. If they pull their students out then a lot of Instructors will be made redundant.
So I'll repeat my question from earlier in this thread:
Is anyone here prepared to look a young flying instructor in the eye and tell them they should lose their job because they personally don't want Chinese trainee pilots in the country?