Ha! You wimps should have been here during the '80s.
- You needed 500 hrs to get a job flying a C182.
- You needed 1000 hrs and 200 twin to get a job flying a Baron.
- You needed 2500 hrs to get a Metro FO job ( &1500 twin).
- You needed 4000 hrs to fly a Kingair.
- You needed 1000 hrs on a twin to wash the Citation.
Metroman: Get a wide-body command and can't retire because of failed tax schemes and 3 ex-wives to support.
Seriously, the standard of overseas pilots is very high. Understand that the notion of "superior Australian quality pilots" is just urban myth. I didn't quite get this until I flew overseas. I once worked with a cohort of about 12 Chiliean pilots and, to a man, they could wipe the floor with most Aussie pilots that I have worked with. The best pilot who I ever saw? Equal tie: a Brit and an East German. Do not delude yourself with the mis-placed belief that just because you are an Australian that the world will beat a path to your door. Because it won't.