The crews are being 'done to death' which is why (after 18 months) the J* operation would fail if it weren't for Eastern/Sunstate Captains going over there to fill in the gaps.
Bull**** rosters and crap pay! Well done! Great recipe for success! Pilots are leaving faster than they can be recruited!
And as if that's not crap enough; consider this: Some Eastern/Sunstate Captains are expecting to gross over 200K this FY! This is because when they fly over in NZ they accumulate allowances like nobodies business!
So if you take the job as a Q300 Captain, earning the crap pay on offer, just consider the Aussie guy/girl next to you in the crew-room earning double what you're earning for doing the same job.
Perhaps if the pay were better, less people would be leaving? What a concept!!