It does doesn't it!!
The 'sad' thing is however that Airways recruitment policy IS a joke.
They have no problem in spending $$$ travelling overseas to recruit people, spending $$$ relocating them here, spending $$$ on the training etc however they continue with the belief that it is fair and equitable to charge Kiwi's for the privilage of training towards an ATC licence with no guarantee of a job at the end of it. Unfortunately the punch line isn't particularly funny.
TP