14,000 unemployed pilots , though there are a large portion of these guys/girls that choose to be out of the industry ! due to resons such as family , poor pay ect . Mate the best flying i think you will do in Aus is out back in the sticks , there are heaps of jobs out there , but you gotta be prepared to travel to get , alot of guys go to KNX ( kunnunura WA ) or to the stations ,bird scaring on vine yards OR get an instructor rating and stay in the cities . good luck with it , and welcome down under all the best ..