mates rates,
you may be right that a qualified Saab Captain would give up the world to live in Qld and experience the Aussie lifestyle.....BUT.....
REX will not pay
true market rates for such experience, clearly seen by the drain that has already happened and the second wave to commence in a few weeks, which will be crippling, to say the least.
Their roadshow in EU drew zero candidates and the roadshow to SA got them half a dozen FOs,
all of whom have applications in for their Aussie residency so that they can apply to a real airline.
Not one will stay a day longer.
Cadets will never get command, morale is low amongst them (and everyone else for that matter) and the flight deck environment will continue to be an unhappy place in REX.....Even cadets have quietly sent in hopeful applications to
VB and JQ after being online for a very short time!! But why shouldn't they?
So why would someone want to relocate and uproot when he is on a much higher wage, and can visit sunny Qld for a nice long holiday anytime he wants, instead of putting up with disgraceful wages, disrespect from management, low experience, low morale, old equipment, cultureless environment and everyone itching to leave?
Krusty has predicted well regarding Qld and REX's lofty expansion ambitions. Wait another few months and more routes will fold up even before they can find their feet. REX has to realise that their ONE golden resource is their staff at the frontline, upon which their success should be built on and stem from. Too little too late I am afraid. The wheels have fallen off.