Originally Posted by
Riddick
then we can all go overseas were apparantley there is a shortage.
But sadly Riddick, there is no shortage of Australian pilots abroad who: break ranks, scab, undercut at rates that make third world pilots shudder and even drop expatriate packages so they can get into a shiny jet ( and it doesn't always have to be shiny ). Australian pilots are the scurge of the industry and we make the Kiwis look good.
I started shaking my head at the drongos of Virgin Blue, who paid for their endorsement and then worked for low pay rates, with no overtime and consequential to all this, no lifestyle. It's just an Australian thing, a by-product of a general aviation mentality and 1989 perhaps, where great gains were made my opportunists.
The pilot shortage ( supposed ) abroad will me countered in someway, by airlines basing Australians in Australia, on the poor pay and conditions that have been created locally by
VB, J*, NJS and the like.