And when Virgin Australia brings the ATR operation in house, those on 457 visas with Skywest will be out of a job and unable to stay in Australia.
Skywest and the pilot group still haven't agreed on the pay for the ATR so they are still paying the pilots F50 wages. Company is asking the pilot group to give up certain things in order to get a small payrise to fly the ATR.
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