Border Protection running at 30%.....Gee the boats must be landing everyday.
Not hard to see that the airlines have ramped up recruitment...with even mainline Qantas recruiting. And if you were an airline you also would be raping and pillaging the highest trained and performing GA pilots in the country. No different to the same recruitment cycle that Australia saw happen when Virgin and Onestar started. Regardless of who had the contracts, both companies would be having recruitment issues. Very rare to find new generation pilots who don't have a jet itch.