As for the South Africans coming to Aus to fly a turbo-prop, it's an 'interesting' choice as there are many other options out there these days to move into a jet from a turbo-prop such as CX, EK and the US regionals if they can get the work visa.
Perhaps QLink's thinking is that if these guys forego these other opportunities to come to Australia to work for Qlink, then they most probably will be long term stayers at the Link and will get years out of their service than someone from Aus GA who will use Qlink as a stepping stone to CX or EK.
Last edited by VH DSJ; 18th Sep 2016 at 08:39.