Might add that pilots will need to pay full Oz tax, as the Oz ATO works on the residence idea, not where you sleep or work, 23AG is dead. And the HK IRD works on the where the company is controlled idea. An airline cannot fly internationally out of HKG unless it is controlled from HKG, the 51% ownership rule (like Oz and SIN) does not apply in HKG.
What has the Australian tax laws and the Oz ATO got to do with it?
Australian arrogance never surprises me. Just because it is Jetstar, why does it have anything to do with Australian tax laws? Do you automatically assume the pilots employed will be Australian? Not Canadian? NZ? Samoan? Unemployed bum?
Are you trying to say that if a Canadian is employed he will be subject to Aus tax laws as that is where (we presume) the airline is controlled. Get your hand off it!
BTW, since Jetstar Fltops department and 80% of it's Check Pilots are Ex Ansett it will be interesting that eventually these guys will be controlling QF. Based on the predictions that Jetstar will expand at the expense of QF. Not my words just the comments made in this thread and others.
Cheers!