Hey iMad - relax!
I never ever implied that its about protecting expat jobs. There are more expat jobs now than ever before. Its about a cheapening of the profession.
The rot started years ago in the west with low cost airlines too. All I am concerned about - and if you make the effort to look at my other posts around pprune you'll see - is that cadets are being exploited by the airlines as cheap labour. In other words - I am on your side mate.
Go practise your crosswinds on that 330 sim till you cool off.
Oh and by the way I think you will find that the VAST MAJORITY of us worked our asses off and prostituted ourselves to shady operators in the bush/outback/northpole/Congo-(which I found particularly bad) for years while paying of loans to get where we are. Kinda slightly harder than having CX/ KA pay it all for you while you run around Adelaide chasing ugly chicks and sleeping in a warm ( CX/KA paid for ) bed.
So you see - actually not having general aviation in Asia saved you a lot of effort!!!!
