if you can convince them that you are in effect a GCC national then you can be employed as a second officer. they will pay for your type rating etc. an ex pat needs to have a type rating and 500 hours on type. if you give up- your oz passport you can always get it back later anyway. can't take away where you were born pal. i suspect that even if you convinced them you were GCC you would still fail as you are not an arab. interesting one this.