not sure if it would make any difference but bond aviation and Aeu are about to become complete seperate companies(on paper anyway).
I think it all boils down to demographics too much of one thing is a bad thing.
Presently on type rating course with Aeu, just about to start sim, not a sniff of this down there.
I'm lucky enough to have landed a f/o postion with a uK lowcow before completing type rating and interviewer commented on his need to employ experienced pilots (tt time wise) as a has a lot of guys looking at three to four years for a command
As a point of interest 3 of 5 students are foreign on my course and all on the previous course were also foreign, they seem to be reserved to the fact that type and line training is the only way for them to go, due to lack of opportunity in there home countries.