Well that just demonstrates the level of thinking when you are insulated from the rest of the world.
You would be hard-pressed to find any commuter operation in Europe that still uses aircraft with no autopilots. Why? Because the rest of the world knows that autopilots significantly enhance safety in critical phases of flight. This is especially so in aircraft with relatively low performance to start with, and almost certainly a relatively inexperienced crew.
Under JAA, it has been allowed for quite some time to use the autopilot during many parts of recurrent checks, including non-precision approaches. The rest of the world has cottoned on to the fact that one of the greatest assets to safety is decreasing workload during these phases of flight.
Flying 6+ sectors a day, in bad weather, by hand, may keep you sharp - but it also guarantees that you will be significantly more tired when you start your final approach of the day. Modern thinking has moved on from where Eagle are.
My point about prospects is that once you have that command, there is little left to achieve. ANZ may hire a few, but they will try and hire elsewhere as taking too many pilots from their own divisions will affect their bottom line.
No, it isn't the worst job in the world - it's better than flying in Vietnam for example - but it is hard to see how they will attract many expats who are probably captains already (but not if they go to Eagle), flying much better equipment, and on three times the money.