As far as i know there is less than 6 Non-scab AN captains left in Melbourne who would dearly love to work for
VB and have not had any O/seas job offers the alternative is sit at home or get a 9-5 job, why would anybody wish this on a fellow aviator who through no fault of their own is now unemployed.
The mentality is similar in Dragon where Captains off A320 are not welcome but saab dash 8 and CRJ is OK.
Im certainly not saying the AN guys are any better but if you were expanding rapidly or flew the same aircraft type these guys had flown isnt there something wrong with this picture .
Why should these guys be pushed out of Aviation, even sadder if you think you can go to Easterns or National jet they are then over-Qualified.
Most of these Captains believe the worst thing they ever did was get a command because its certainly a lot harder to find work than for a First Officer, is this how aviation is supposed to be. The recruiters at
VB certainly have lost these guys in the pile somewhere but not all AN Captains were involved in 89.
