Trey... a few quick questions...how many Chinese pilots are waiting to gain enough experience to fill a seat in a medium sized jet in China...what is the total experience level these nationals have when they do get a job? Who pays for their training to even get the frozen ATPL (or whatever they need) and where is their training done? And are there enough to keep up with expansion? Does the company they eventually join pay for their endorsement? I would guess you are over there to fill a DEC as expansion allows for it? No qualified nationals with the experience. Your situation v the problem the home boys is a different problem...you aren't stealing any one's job, just filling in until they can staff it with a national, and they will. Then you retire or find another job. The situation in Canada is that there are qualified guys who can do the job, but it's cheaper and easier for these companies to play silly bugger with the rules and use foreign pilots to do Canadian work...not hard to see why these guys have a beef...why the vitriol though? Would you feel the same if it was you? Or would you have to suck it up buttercup as well?