It is only fair that Australian jobs are filled by Australians but they need to be qualified Australians. Furthermore airline managers don’t give a rat’s arse what’s fair.
It is therefore reasonable to be somewhat indignant about the two groups who, combined, will accept a lesser package than what should be paid in V Australia.
Africans coming for a resident’s permit and underqualified resident Australians are these two groups.
Resistance to qualified returning Australian expats is most likely to come from two areas of resident Australians both of whom can get a dog up them. The first group is the 89 scabs who are the reason the expat Aussies left in the first place and the second is, once again, the underqualified residents. If you are a B737 Captain for
VB or whoever else and that's all you have ever done you aren’t qualified; get over it. Go across as a duck for a few years and then have a crack at it. As far as the first group goes, never forgive and never forget. Anyone who argues with this sentiment is either one of them or too young to remember.