TBM: "Shareholders dictate terms"... and more so now!
This may have slipped through unnoticed ?
601: "Who will be the first to accept Asian T&C's..." -a few self indulgent shonks have already for the Pornstar widebody jobs!
"Australian aviation is pretty much unable to offer that in the longer term at the moment." ...and hence the constant flow of experience going elsewhere, especially out of NZ too, which has worse T&Cs.
Australia is "at the end of the line" and in terms a backwater of sorts. Ever increasing investment in services from majors elsewhere, keep it in touch with the global populations thankfully. It's just interesting to observe the different managerial styles currently in action here, from regionals upwards.