Cadet Contract!
Well as we expected, we heard BB and his team mislead the board of senators. The cadets are only going on an Australian Cadet Contract for line training (which the cadets themselves pay for) and to gain 500hours so they can be shipped back to NZ for substandard pay.
JQ might even get out of paying the cadets for overnight allowances whilst they are in Australia now that they will be on the temporary Australian contract.
Quite interesting that they think they can do this right in front of everyone and no one will notice! Admitting that NZ only allow pilots in the RHS on RPT with a minimum of 500hours would bring up alot of questions by the senators I would imagine!
Lets be honest, how many senior checking and training captains do JQ even have? Can they all be rostered to the cadets for when they begin line training?