I do not set the price that you feel is right to come home too.
Didn't you leap in and endorse the J* EBA? Didn't you provide assistance to the JPC? Didn't AFAP play a part in expanding the number of crew allowed to vote on it to include those on AWAs and that this is what got it over the line?
The reality is Lawrie that it is the actions of AFAP that have resulted in these 457 visas. Had AIPA, AFAP and the JPC
worked together on the EBA then perhaps we would have seen Aussies getting these jobs or even- heaven forbid- QF S/Os getting F/O slots in J* as J* F/Os upgraded to Captain!
There is no shortage of pilots in Australia, just a shortage of those willing to work for crap conditions. The JPC and AFAP endorsed those conditions and therefore you have endorsed the use of 457 visa holders. Well done Lawrie. Well done.
