Yes mate, nothing wrong with a bit of robust discussion.
From my experience with CASA inspectors and what they have told me is that the screws have certainly tightened on their travel entitlements.
It is usually me pulling out the company credit card for dinner or drinks rather than them saying "Kevin/Julia/Kevin/Tony is paying". One guy I am meeting in USA next year is having difficulty aligning a planned work trip with his holidays. There is a chance he may be forced to fly home and then pay his own airfare back again. That is just sheer bastardry for the sake of it.
Back to AROs / WSOs, great job, very satisfying especially if you can get it with the right outfit. Keep an eye on seek.com. Quite often advertised there but personally, my advice is steer clear of the service companies like ESS, Sodexo, ISS, Toll etc. They will expect the world and not remunerate you appropriately for the level of responsibility.
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