Originally Posted by
notthesame
This is erroneous. They are cheaper and are outsourced. The company is holding recruiting events IN AUSTRALIA. The company is sponsoring the visas. How is that not out sourcing? The company is doing that because the current pay rates are insufficient to attract members of the domestic work force, not because Australian pilots posses superior skills or because of some lack of US pilots.
Here is a quote directly from the US CIS website (emphasis added):
The E-3 classification applies only to nationals of Australia. You must be coming to the United States solely to perform services in a specialty occupation.
This is the definition of foreign outsourcing. Just because they're union members doesn't make it not outsourcing.
I don't think you understand what "cheaper" and "outsourced" mean.
Whether or not the company is abusing the E3 visa process is a separate matter.
But the Aussies are being hired IN HOUSE under the same contract stipulations as every other Atlas crew member. They are NOT working at lower rates or reporting to a different organization. The latter case would be the definition of cheaper and outsourced.
The sudden panic of furloughs at Atlas is almost laughable. We have been deliberately under staffed since 2016. And as I've pointed out in other threads, the only time Atlas has furloughed historically, has been during contract negotiations as an intimidation tactic.
Some of us have actually been here long enough to see what it's like to train Capt upgrades for crew members not listed on the master seniority list; we've sat next to foreign crews who were hired by another organization and did actually perform the same job for less money and benefits.
This is not the same thing. Everyone would be well advised to tamp down their jingoistic fear mongering and concentrate on keeping the company managers and executives honest.