I was told a lot of SA guys are being considered. No surprises there when you look at VOz's top men.
And who are you blaming for the SA pilots applying to Jetstar /
VB / REX / Skippers / Skywest etc. or for that matter to Emirates / Cathay / BA
If there are SA pilots applying to VA (and there are very few who meet the requirements so there certainly wont be "a lot") they would be good guys, residents of Australia and suitably qualified. Are they supposed to be rejected just because they are recent immigrants.
If VA is to employ 42 Captains for the first aircraft (as has been suggested) and three (perhaps) of them are Australian Permanent Residents with Australian ATPs and heaps of wide body / long range experience who unfortunately happen to have
recently immigrated to Australia is this such a big deal / wrong????