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Old 26th Oct 2007, 16:59
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Charliethewonderdog
 
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So the problem is that the testing performed once they are flying for an airline is too lax?
Mate we have the safest skies in the world, the pilots we will attract will came from countries with extremly poor safety records, because pilots from the US, England, europe are not going to move here for a paycut.
If you concentrated on the

So I ask you, do you want to pay for safe skies, if that means upping the pay for Aussie pilots?

What would you prefer????? Two highly skilled Aussie pilots??? or imorted pilots???
Why do you think Aussie pilots are sought after over seas??? and given jobs over anyone from these poorer countries????? How many Brazillian pilots work for Cathay???


You can let supply and demand go so far but when you start reducing standards then thats when you go too far and are a playing a dangerous game.
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