Feenix,
I appreciate your concedence of the point, however I dispute the fact that THERE is a trans tasman agreement to allow foreign operators carte blanche approval to operate under one anothers AOC.
I do however believe that thee once was an understanding that NZ and AUS AOC holders, under the "open skies policy" could operate on either side of the tasman.and that the AUS government reneged on that agreement too.
It would seem, in my opinion, a tad hypocritical, if JQ, or indeed any other operator were to cry foul if a foreign owned company were to start up here, yet themselves start up OS using an AUS AOC, and offshore pilots initially?