I do agree that this thread has gone too far down a rather unpleasant route, however the use of the X-word is just OTT, nowhere did I see any reference to a "morbid dislike of foreigners" the only extreme dislikes I saw expressed were those which denigrate anyone who expressed any concerns about the open door to our job market. The thread when posted was never intended to cause insult or offence, I apologise if that was not the case but it is a pretty sad sign of the times when an open question cannot be raised without the politically correct brigade tainting it with their own form of closed mindedness.
Once again my original point asking if british companies should look more to the home pilot pool still stands..