Oh no! Using the old American rationale for everything again...
Australia does not have 48 percent of the world's flying and we don't have a J-1 Visa program to get cheap foreign-national labour. The scam in America is not only do they know you will leave, they want you to leave so they can make way for more trainees.
The world is full of people who think the streets are paved with gold in America, which seems to be left over from soap operas of the golden age of television.
Regional Airline flying in Australia is not some extension of a flying school to provide air travel to people who are too lazy to drive. It is an essential element of the infrastructure of the remote and highly profitable rural areas of Australia.
Airlines should not be taking this position lightly. At least some part of the entire economy, by extension, is partly on their shoulders should they fail.
Last edited by Kangaroo Court; 23rd Dec 2008 at 17:43.