Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
A strategy which resulted in the bankruptcy of most regional airlines, new laws passed for minimum experience levels for RPT and a subsequent pilot shortage, with airlines forced to import foreign labour and put passengers on buses. But don’t worry I’m sure those in management who arranged all that still got their bonus.
100%!! The whipsaw is an evil practice, but those who are implementing it today in Aus will have ridden off into the sunset years ahead of these consequences. Unfortunately, as is always the case, it's the pilots with broken careers left to pick up the pieces. Hopefully the US hoovers up enough Aussie pilots for the whipsaw to be to the detriment of airline management.
For perspective, the US is slated to hire in the order of 10,000 pilots every year for the next little while (how long who knows). Aussies won't make the slightest dent in the shortage here, but a loss of even 10% of the Aussie workforce would certainly liven up the domestic scene.