The argument is global. Indeed it is globalisation.
This is what all those 'tree-hugging' greenies were protesting about at the WTO meetings all those years ago when you sniffed at their dreadlocks over your lattes.
But now it is starting to bite your employment.
The US was always the driver behind the WTO and globalisation - while at the same time hypocritically sitting behind their own trade tarrifs.
John Howard and his band of thiefs have embraced it completely - note the number of Temp Work Visa being issued.
Want to change it? Start by changing the Government. I am not advocating voting for Labor - but a change at the helm is the only way for the ship to change direction - so they would have to be a better option for at least one term just to send the message that we the masses are not happy John.
Otherwise, in a few years we will be fondly looking back a the days when Jetstar actually had some Australian based Crews and Maintenance, before it all went to China, India and Thailand.