It will definently be hard for Aussies to compete if yanks are given any opportunity.
Their aviation careers are much different to that of a typical Australian. There’s no getting a thousand hours in a single, then 500 in a baron, then 500 in a 404.
Most I know are in a multi crew turbo prop well below 1000 hours and that’s their second sometimes third job. So what we may see is 1000 hour pilots with 200 hours rhs time getting the jobs.
Would qlink be doing this because training capacity is full is they can’t put people through type ratings?
There’s plenty of guys i’ve Spoken to in the last few months who have been on hold for over a year who have said “you know what, forget it”,
Which is sad, as I seen what they had to go through just to get an interview.