Originally Posted by
unobtanium
both displace local's who lost the opportunity to be skilled up, don't cry when expatriate pilot's come and take your job's while you expat elsewhere
That comment is utter baloney and it shows a complete lack of understanding of the reasons foreign airlines recruit expat pilots. Other countries have visa restrictions too and the local immigration authorities will not issue employment visas unless companies can show they can't find suitable people in the local employment market. In Hong Kong, for example, there are not enough people interested in the job and the local airlines have never been able to recruit sufficient numbers in the local employment market to meet their needs.