As usual Bagshaw is only telling half of the story!! He and a large group of his ex Ansett cronies had not flown the 320 for over a year and came to GF with the intention of getting current and leaving. The plan was an open secret from the day they arrived and within about 10 months almost all (about 10) had gone to Dragonair or Emirates. You may believe that they were entitled to do that. The problem is GF will not allow themselves to be bitten like that again and are extra careful when recruiting Australians. The line that they left because of lack of command is total nonsense, they had no intention of staying longer than their probation period. Any Australian pilots who are thinking of coming to GF now know who to thank for the airlines lack of confidence in them!