How many Canadian pilots are flying for Australian Aircraft Operators after said operators claimed to the Australian Governement that there was a pilot shortage in Australia, that they had attempted to recruit Australian pilots but had been unable to hire sufficient numbers and had no choice but to look abroad for foreign pilots ? Zero
I can make the same statement for New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United States, the Czech Republic........
In all these countries, local aircraft operators hire local pilots who are legally allowed to work in the country and who are also licenced to fly in the country (or in the EU for EASA member countries)
These Canadian Aircraft Operators that use the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) recruit abroad and sponsor the foreign pilots into Canada with a job offer and a work permit after claiming to the Government of Canada that no Canadian pilot qualified for the job.
This year, they are taking it a step further by claiming that a bunch of Freshly laid off Canadian B737NG pilot are not "suitable" and that they need foreign pilots instead........
Other high time and older Canadian B737NG Captains are being turned away by being told that they would be offered low paying seasonal First Officer positions while all the Seasonal Captain position, although advertised in Canada, would go to TFW pilots from Europe (a contract requirement)
Last edited by Gilles Hudicourt; 17th May 2015 at 12:37.