The KD FO's start in 2 weeks. Two day ground school in SYD. Then a couple of SIM's to get the KIWI into their blood followed by a check. I hope the Check Cpt has'nt been watching the cricket, otherwise they are in reel trouble.
For all of the KIWI's don't stress. We are not going to part the Tasman sea and create a biblical march to the land of the long white cloud.
You can't retrain driver's via the cereal packet. So during the transition it's more cost effective to have contractors to fill the roster.
There are 8 KD CRJ driver's on their way to the UK currently for just this same reason. A six month contract with British Europeon on the CRJ while they sort out if they want to kept the RJ's or not. No point spending money on crew if you don't know if it is a long term thing or not.
They will be back before Christmas, I promise it won't hert. They know what they are doing, trust me.
They will be in and out before you know it. They won't even touch the sides!
You probably need a couple of Ozzies to tame that dogdey A model we sent you any way.