Sadly it looks like there won't be any shortage of starry-eyed youngsters dreaming of big jets, faraway exotic lands, bosomy stewardesses and loads of moolah, but sorry boys, 3 out of 4 still ain't good enough.
Just take a look at how many aspiring cadets there are in this forum ready to sign over their lives for a chance to fly...I know you must read this forum thinking we're all greedy little bastards but trust me unless you have a CLOSE relative/friend who's a pilot you won't know how demoralising it is to be one man struggling against a whole corporation.
Just imagine doing up to 5 t/o and landings A DAY on both long and short sectors KUL-BKI-TWU-BKI-KUL is one of the worst, you get up to 7 of these daily flights a month, flying upwards of 70 hours a MONTH, ALL your leave gets rejected THROUGHOUT the year, minimum off days a month and when you're approaching your limit you get forced leave, and on your off days Crewing calls you up, very apologetic, asks you nicely if you can do this one favour...repeat for the next 4-5 years it takes you to go up the fleet. And at the end of the month, after paying for your car, your house, your life insurance and your credit cards you have about just enough to have roti canai at the mamak.
This applies to BOTH captains and F/Os...except maybe the captain can have nasi bryani instead.