Yes areal....there is a certain ex Rex FOM from ADL that is more than happy to let anyone who will listen know that to get into Jetstar you had better of been on his good side. Apparently J* ask him for a reference on most Rex guys wether you have him down as a reference or not. One guy actually did have him as a reference (after the oll FOM said that was fine)and has since found out this guys reference is responsible for him missing out. The ex FOM is quite proud of "railroading" this guys career, but his actions have all but confirmed what the large majority of Rex guys think of him...an insecure ********.
From what I understand morale at Rex has slightly imporved since PK's departure (for obvious reasons) and they now have a FOM that is putting in a decent effort to try and improve things around the base.
Rex FO's are still doing the daddy day care thing with UM's.
Sure conditions should improve for the guys at Rex ADL, but while there are still managers there that think it is OK to operate an 8 or 9 plane base with 1 servicable GPU, and for crews to walk 2km back to the crew room at the end of a shift cause he dosn't want to pay the bus driver 15 mins overtime to go and pick them up, who knows when the good times will return.