Originally Posted by
Flyboy1987
If any yanks come over, it would simply be to get 12 months experience so they can be on a jet back home.
You don't even need that to get a jet job in the US right now. Many from GA are jumping straight in to the RHS of a CRJ or Ejet as soon as they have the mins for an FAA ATP at 1500 hours. Why would the furloughed Island Airways drivers want to go to Aus to fly turbo-props when they can easily get a jet job and stay home. Furthermore, they won't have to deal with CASA for the license conversion.