Totally agree glekichi. I think its the Direct Entry (zero to hero) Right hand seat that Nick Xenophon and others are getting a bit concerned about.
There are many other issues at stake here, this isn't a thread about cadets its a thread about the state of our industry. That includes everything from Air Traffic Controllers to the importation of workers from impoverished countries on lower conditions. All this purely for the sake of people travelling around the countryside at unsustainable ticket prices.
Australia hasn't got the population of Europe the model doesn't work here, someones going to have a prang. If you can't afford to employ experienced/talented people and pay them properly you can't afford to be in business. What kind of industry avoids expertise in favour of naivety and inexperience for the purpose of lower wages. There's something really wrong going on here.
Last edited by Mr. Hat; 16th Sep 2010 at 12:00.