Foreign pilots are expensive, same goes for other Asian nations or ME nations. If they had their own, they would by far prefer to hire locals.
It is only a matter of time before India catches up and has their own pilots, or other Asian nations. China is putting record numbers of people through flight schools within China, as well as in flight schools in the U.S. They eventually will catch up as well. Only thing they will lack is some experienced captains as the article states, but with time that problem will begin to be solved as well. Then where are going to be the jobs that pay decent? Then where are the hundreds of expats out there going to go? Once this starts happening on a bigger scale, which is in fact still years away, but in the future no less. The job market for pilots in Europe and the U.S, Aus, or any other developed nation, will be completely tragic. People will literally be working for a piece of bread, with requirements for A32O FO being 1,000PIC widebody time.
