It would appear the gringos are about to invade the market in Brazil - or so the offshore pilots fear, and obstacles are being placed in the paths of the big 3/4 players who have tried to cash in on the possible boom there - Bristow / CHC / Era and PHI - who are trying to bring in outsiders to help man aircraft or give training. Sounds like the scare-mongering about Turkish, Greek, eastern European hoards who were going to swamp the European offshore market with trumped up licenses when the JAA was formed ...... and of course it never happened.