Resident status granted by a government to foreign workers, whether it be a passport or permit, is a separate issue to an employment contract offered by a business, and irrelevant to this argument.
But whilst we are here, if you purchase a property during your stay in the UAE or Qatar dont you also get a residence permit, so you can live there forever if you chose to? Are you saying Wizofoz that Dubai and Abu Dhabi are not developed cities?
You ask where Wizofoz? I can think of many mostly happy semi-permanent expatriots serving out their careers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan & Korea. Are these not developed nations Wizofoz? And if not happy I am sure they would have already applied to Jetstar. Are you suggesting Wizofoz that an airline be ordered to employ an Australian that it has previously rejected, over a suitable foreigner?
Having said that I am sure you are happy to see foreigners driving cabs and serving at 7/11. You guys just can't stomach the thought of a foreign pilot, and for that reason No Joke criticism is fair.
To wrap this argument up what we now need is for one you colonial patriots to step up and state that there are plenty of qualified pilots in OZ looking for a job. Please.....