The crewing crisis is beginning to reach into all areas worldwide. In particular China, USA and beginning as well in Europe. The US industry is in such trouble that the US Govt just issued a recall to a 1000 pilots, currently at airlines, to return to the services. Further, the US airlines are discussing with the Govt to issue visas to foreign nationals to be hired in the mainline industry. The regional's ALREADY have such a visa waiver in place. China cannot possibly keep up with the demand, hence the active recruiting by company's such as Longreach (CX...you pathetic bunch of panicked losers), and every other recruitment agency on earth. High pay, commuting rosters, and a lot less bs than you would deal with at CX. Europe is beginning to feel the same pressure (just ask Moronman O'leary at Ryanair, who now realises that pilots are his most precious commodity). CX is desperate to get that last bit of false economy cuts in place so the management can bag their bonuses and then leave the wreckage behind. To the AOA leadership: your comms are awful, your competency in doubt. Either explain exactly what the strategy and plan is, or leave the negotiations. The members are going to be taking their own action anyway, so either get on board or get out of the way. Soon, neither the union or the company will be relevant, because most of their pilots are in the process of leaving anyway.
