FYI,
Last time I checked, Canada/ Mexico/ US/ Brazil were all farther than Europe.
Yes we do have pilots from Jamaica working in the flight deck at QR.
The lack of roster control does take getting used to. I would rate the lack of input as somewhere in the middle of the pack. General rule of thumb, the amount of roster control is inversely proportional to the distance traveled east from the US/ Europe.
At the end of the day, it is what you make of it.
