It's not just Australian pilots that are sitting in the wings drooling at the prospect of an international start up.
Plenty of A340 pilots looking for a move with UK, Zim, SAF, Can, NZ or EU passports that either have or can get Australian work visas. It's an international playing field these days, unfortunately low cost carriers mean low cost pilots, not something I support of course but it's a fact all the same.
My recommendation to hopefuls in Australia is to save your pennys for something worthwhile, certainly not an A340 rating when there are countless others qualified and waiting.