Van Gough,
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"Nope. Absolutely not. There are literally thousands of unemployed instructors in Australia. Some of the big schools are laying off senior (experienced) instructors".
Crap!
Where did you get that info from?
The aviation scene in Australia is picking up, check the weekly afap website.
Australia has escaped the recession and doesn't have the current economic problems as Europe and USA.
Anyone here that's a grade 1 or 2 is virtually always in demand and employed, there are only 800 to 1000 Grade 3 Instructors in the country.
A person has got to have the local CASA licenses and have the right to live and work in Australia!