With the industry in its current condition we as pilots are in a strong position to negotiate terms.
Don't accept crappy pay-for-type offers.
The terms will go up, or planes will park up. If they manage to somehow recruit cheap overseas labour, then
em. We'll go overseas also, to where airlines are directly competing against eachother for the BEST crew, not the cheapest. And these aussie operators will begin to get the dodgy reputation they will deserve.
Apply to VAus, select No to answer the question re: paying for endorsement. The more of us that do this the better.
Rock this boat we will.
Buddha