Back Seat Driver, I am trying to do TESNA a favour here and save FLEW big bucks in retraining costs. Firstly I know for a fact that a quite a number of A320 check captains have had interviews with various airlines. Why is this so? Obviously they are worried about their careers and will not work for peanuts. You see in Australia if you earn reasonable money the taxation department wants half of what you earn. Also the oz peso is depreciating at an alarming rate, just ask the yanks and canadians who came out here in 1989 how much their assets are worth now. The CRJ fiasco should have proved to management how expensive employing offshore Pilots is. I have heard that the CRJ captains from OS were paid tax free in US dollars and provided with free accomodation and a car (can anyone confirm this?) The bottom line is if you **** off enough Pilots you will be paying through the nose for years!