Originally Posted by
Sandy Reith
I see airline pilots come in on 457 visas. Aviation engineering and manufacturing go O/S .
Not to mention that hundreds maybe thousands of qualified Australian pilots are heading to the USA because the American system values their skills. The fact that we have airline pilots brought in on 457 visas while Australia is hemorrhaging pilots to the USA is utterly disgusting. Whenever we have airlines crying about "pilot shortages" in the media, someone ought to rebut them with this inconvenient truth.