Tell him to get a student loan, get his CPL, come to Australia, buy as many endorsements as he can with all the fruit (Baron, PA31, PN68, C310, and C402) then the Australian company gets a free Pilot. It helps GA in keeping their costs down so they can reinvest in their modern fleets.
Don't worry though, he'll have his student loan money to survive off so he can work for free to build some hours. Many of his brethren have been using this trick for years. He can make a couple of bucks doing back charters if the student loan money is getting a little low. Works especially well in Alice
How else do those Kiwis seem to afford $300 RM Williams boots, serengetti sunglasses, Bose headsets and work for free?
After a couple of years he can then buy an A320 endorsement, work for Jitstar in NZ and screw the NZ Pilots for the final slam dunk. It's okay though, he hates them anyway. If they didn't steal his job in NZ by sweeping hangers and washing aeroplanes for 2 years for free before they got a flying job, he wouldn't have been forced to move to the dessert in OZ to get a flying job.
If that fails, he can offer his services at half price to secure a lucrative contract in Asia. Just make sure he buys another endorsement to make himself more employable. A dual A320/737 type endorsement would be the ticket.
Seems to be the NZ way. Thats why Kiwis are so respected on the expat market. They are always happy to help out the employers when they can.
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