Originally Posted by
VH DSJ
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.
And have an automatic flow to mainline AA if they choose one of their wholly owned regionals, which is a great backup if they don’t get hired off the street before their flow number comes up.