Dragon I think that the contractors were there doing their jobs to feed their families as quite a lot came there after the AN collapse.Some locals did not like the fact that so many had been taken in and had stopped the local pilot progression.This was of course the companies fault and not the individual contractor.They were just fulfillling their role.Not all locals saw it this way though.So there was some animosity there.
Regarding racism between the two races,I think there was an underlying feeling present.And as stated in my earlier post this attitude came from the CP.Day to day operations were smooth and it was not visbly present.There was a period of approx 8-9 years when no Indian pilot was recruited.In fact one of these guys was told numerous times that he was psychologically inept as stated by his psych test.That Indian gentleman is now a new Capt with the co.The guys got along well,in fact very well but I think if an Indian pilot did certain things which broke co.laws,he was dealt more harshly than a local Fijian pilot.CP kept some people after certain incidents .Some of these guys were not fit enough to be baggage handlers let alone professional airmen.Saying all this I must put emphasis on the point that a lot of guys on line did not have this mentality.And lets not forget that FJ is not all Indians and Fijians.There are a lot of other races involved and they have had similar experiences.Once again line was good,CC good and it was an absolute pleasure to fly with most