Originally Posted by
pilotchute
Do Australians still have to go overseas to fly a 737/A320?. I thought that stopped in the 90's?
Plenty of Australians getting opportunities to fly 737's and A320's and larger in Australia. All majors have been recruiting within the last year, and will continue to do so in the short to medium term. It seems to be mostly from the regionals, does your friend have extensive multi-crew time in a regional? The reason why Rex, Qlink seem to provide most of the recruits may be because it's easier for them to make the jump up to the majors in terms of SOP's, multi-crew dynamics etc?
I don't think it's nepotism, there certainly isn't an old boys club mentality anymore.