I'm new to the forum and practice in Texas.. CRNA's at least here in south texas are not cheap and some are practice the same way they did in the 70's. Just as an example starting salaries are 180 with little or no call. The hospitals have gotten into wage wars due to low supply; there's crnas at one place making over 300 on hourly pay with no hearts and no call. There's even one MDA who hired all crnas to cover 12 ORs and was using them to cover two rooms at a time supervised..the kicker is he still hasn't been caught. I won't consider working at that place for anything. I hope the australians are able to steer clear of crnas; they start out willing to work cheap and follow direction but only for a while.