Screwed and skinned
Sunfish,
I don't have family in Qantas, but I do know more than a little about doing business in Asia and I couldn't agree more. The more that maintenance is moved to Asia to more the airline will be screwed and skinned in the future as those economies shrug off their dirt cheap status, invest in better skills and equipment, and decide holy cow we aren't here to be somebody else's cheap source of labor no more.
I think flight training facilities and maintenance have a good future in this country and Qanas and the Virgins will have to pay a price to get back what they throw away.