Originally Posted by
mikewil
Anyone think this whole poaching/pillaging pilots narrative will lead to Rex being able to import cheap pilot labour from overseas?
We need a better union who can rebut these stupid Rex claims and any suggestion of importing pilots should be challenged with the statistics on how many Australian pilots are leaving for the USA to fly jets because Australian airlines don't want them.
It's already been done, fact is there are very few overseas pilots willing to make the move to Australia on the conditions offered. Hence why all the other threads about Australia being behind the world in flight crew pay and conditions recently. Reality is that Australians are the cheap pilots moving overseas for the vacant jobs on offer. creating more shortages here. There is only one real answer and that is a big increase in pay and conditions to retain whats left.