Foreign Nationals operating domestic Aus sectors
A line from another post prompted me to start this thread.
They are currently not allowed to fly domestic sectors under Australian workplace laws.
Roller Merlin
There are overseas based flight attendants (Singaporean and Thai) that operate on Australian domestic sectors without any work visas. This is how it works. Aircraft A operates SIN-DRW as an international sector with overseas based flight attendants. On arrival in DRW, the tech crew go home, all passengers, cabin crew and baggage get off the A/C, clear customs and immigration, recheck bags, go back through security and assemble in the DOMESTIC boarding lounge. The passengers are joined by additional DOMESTIC passengers, board an aircraft (A, B or C) and the overseas flight attendants operate to MEL, BNE or CNS. Arriving at the DOMESTIC terminal. There isn’t a single thing international about this flight. They call it an international TAG sector, but the tech crew have changed, there are no customs or immigration duties to be carried out, the aircraft may have changed, they have sold additional domestic tickets, and the operate to and from the domestic terminals.
Immigration know this is happening. The crew clear immigration in DRW, OPERATE to MEL or CNS, then the next day or so, clear immigration in MEL or CNS leaving the country for BKK or NRT. All immigration need to do is ask them if they are intending to work whilst they are staying in the country. Passengers of foreign nationality get asked this question, why not fight attendants?
With Jetstar's interpretation of an international tag sector, these crew operate on any domestic sector that has an international flight number. Just wait for DRW to ADL and SYD to get overseas based flight attendants.