Yes Coastwatch is a big contract and pays extremely well to all involved. Mind you it had to, to attract staff.
R/U 16's comments are a little difficult to understand.
Dwindling contracts and over supply of crew?
Not sure when or where you come from, but if you look at NJS a few years back, I think you may find there are more aircraft doing more hours with more crew.
717's, 146's and Dash 8's.
This thread started due to an advertisement in the Australian for MORE crew. They are still employing, and that is a fact. There are not too many crew there are not enough
NJS went from Q contractor 4 years ago to having 8-10 146's just for mining chareter in Perth!
This one I simply don't understand.