It does have a lot to do with CASA oversight of who is authorised to operate within Australia on a commercial basis. Who they authorise and how they operate directly affects the jobs of us who are local pilots and engineers who do the right thing and demand the correct remuneration for the responsibility. If someone is allowed to fly commercially into Australia and compete with us using substandard training being paid peanuts then that affects our jobs and quality of life. Or you could try to get a job in our thriving shipping industry, where anyone can register their ship in Panama or wherever and employ anyone that can stand up to sail it to ports in Australia, what's all those options now, hmm ANL.... We own 35 ships (only about 5 of those do international shipping, the rest are local shipping around Australia ) out of 3000 that visit Australia yearly, and carry only 2% of our own goods internationally from our shores in our own ships. If Qantas fails due to it's current debt, that will be Australia's international air travel gone foreign as well.