There may have been 20 hired, but the last rumour was about 12 who accepted the offer and some of them still unsure. Most of these guys are simply fed up with the middle east and after recent events you can understand why. The only incentive for them is that they will be returning to Australia. In order to do that they are willing to aacept the crap that Jq are offering them. There are hundreds of very experienced Captains and F/os over here, many ex QF, Australian(TAA) and AN guys who would jump at the opportunity to return home if the terms and conditions were good. They are not so we will not. While Jq t&c s remain as they are they will only get the guys who are desperate to leave. All of these guys are very experienced and will be good for Jq but I can't help thinking that few of them will stick around if something better ever comes up.
Last edited by ShockWave; 15th Aug 2006 at 13:40.