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Old 5th May 2017, 07:57
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clack100
 
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Originally Posted by 15C
The Trans Tasman Agreement should be cancelled. There are so many New Zealand pilots in Australia taking our jobs. For years before we had the HELP scheme, their government funded their full CPL so they could come to Australia and work for their first job and never pay it off.

It's so much of a joke now you regularly hear Aussie GA operators referred to as "Air New Zealand". Once they get in, they hire their NZ mates.

The barrier to entry to gain a NZ licence and chase non-existent jobs over there is much harder than it is for them to come here.

Why hasn't anyone ever brought this up?
Seriously? Come on over and listen to the Aussie accents on the radio with Jetstar jet and prop. There's Kiwis that would like those jobs!
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