The xenophobic aspect has been done (and discredited many times. Not interested in that.. .. .As for the "pay to fly" argument, there is a big difference between having F/O's pay to fly your aircraft, undercutting qualified, available pilots on the one hand, and having people fly for six months for allowances only prior to a full contract (instead of being bonded) on the other.. .. .If people are so self-interested that they will climb over the backs of their professional colleagues, then I hope never to have to rely on them for real. I suspect that, in an emergency, such a person would only be interested in saving themselves, leaving all others in the burning fuselage.. .. .Whoever asked "Who is threatened", my reply is that if, to cut costs, a small airline will employ numpties instead of qualified, experienced pilots, then everyone is threatened.