As Whiskery said:
I'll say it again................
There is NO pilot shortage in Australia, only a shortage of pilots wishing to work under ****ty T&Cs and poor remuneration
The same applies to experienced LAE's in this country.
CASA and the industry say there is a shortage of experienced AME's & LAE's,but some airlines have made lots of theirs redundant in the last 24 months,and now they want them to come back on lesser T&Cs and a worse off remuneration package.
Maybe Kerry o'Brien will mention that when he speaks about the shortage pilots in Australian aviation,as really the two shortages are linked by a common factor,namely short sighted management.