The points mentioned by many of your posts are well said , but there are a few points that have been overlooked by many of you.Would welcome your views on the following points.
Why should an Indian carrier hire a foreign Captain/ FO in preference to an Indian national when :
a) Some of the Captains hired barely have 500 hrs on type with much of their flying logged on a different type of aircraft ( read turboprop ).They might as well hire Indian nationals who do not have a type rating but have similar experience ( eg ex Air Force , GA ) as a Transition Captain ..
b) Some of the expat Co Pilots do not even have a type rating and pay for one in order to get a job.Although some of them claim to have 1000 hrs plus of total time , it is highly suspect as some of them dont really show that kind of experience level while on the job.You might as well give the job to an Indian national who has 200 hrs or so...