Let me be as succint as I possibly can Tidbinbilla:
As an Aussie working O/S for a Legecy carrier ( cx ) I have no intention of coming back to work for an Aussie airline, ever
I took my skills overseas after 1989 to keep in a job. My skills were required because they couldn't get any locals to do the work, FULL STOP, end of story. I'm still here
I TOTALLY object to Non- Aussies being GIVEN 457 Visa's or other such things to come to MY country and TAKE MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS jobs.
there is absolutley no evidence that there is a shortage of SKILLED PILOT's in Aussie to do the job. YOU KNOW IT, WE KNOW IT
so to all those foreign Pilot's just champing at the bit to TAKE A job from my family and Friends I say................NO WAY
Get a Visa FIRST................come to Aussie.............THEN APPLY.
It's a very fair system if you care to use it.
Care to use it?
or do you want to short cut the system instead?