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Old 22nd Apr 2008, 21:47
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ferris
 
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Perspective

How about we put this in perspective for YOU, bru.

Lets say your employer starts a subsidiary airline, buys news planes and thinks up a wanky name. This new subsidiary offers pilots jobs on, say, $25k pa. You shake your head and say "who in their right mind would work for that money?"
Wanky air starts taking over the routes formerly flown by you in your 737-200. New pilots drift in, but Wanky air just cant get enough drivers on the money they offer. Serves them right, gloats you.
Next thing you hear, Wanky has obtained permission from the govt to offer a better life to pilots from, say, Bangladesh. These pilots are all well-qualified, having flown for BBC for years, and are just looking for a way out of the poverty and deprivation afforded them on the pittance they earn at home. Wanky cant get locals on their crap T&Cs, so there is a "shortage". Wanky's offer is a princely sum, thinks the new arrivals. And their families will enjoy a much higher standard of living in SA on $25k than they were used to.

How would you feel about that, tru? Would your govt be up for that? Instead of asking aussies to put themselves in your position, why dont you put yourself in the position of australians, and have a think about that?
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