Rex deputy chairman John Sharp said that airlines can’t just implement new policies overnight, so the government needs to be providing certainty now.
The Australian Federation of Air Pilots has put forward a proposal for a $10 million Job Ready Pilot (JRP) program that could see unemployed pilots ready to return to work as soon as required.
Minister Tehan said the government was now working to get all the required systems and processes ready and in place to allow people to freely leave and return to Australia.
The Flying Kangaroo will endeavour on a nearly 18-hour trip on 5 October, when it performs a repatriation flight from Buenos Aires in Argentina to Darwin - via the South Pole.
In this cross-posting with The Conversation, ICT lecturer Mahmoud Elkhodr explores the five key questions of the digital replacement of Australia's yellow incoming passenger cards.
Flight SQ7297 from Melbourne to Singapore and its crew narrowly avoided being caught in the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Melbourne and its surrounding regions just three minutes after departure