ZS-LMI
To answer your question YES, of course!
Remember in this world there are people who would go to heaven and complain about the harps and other people who would whistle in hell. Fortunately 99% of the people I fly with are whistlers!
This job (and life) is what you make of it. I really don't think it is anywhere near as bad as people make out. If you are professional, do you job, get on with it, you will do fine. You don't have to suck up, pretend to love it more than life itself or anything like that.
A whole lot of virgin blue pilots just did interviews with emirates recently....whats interesting about that? Well, a whole lot of emirates pilots are on the books to join virgin blue, but they are not recruiting at the moment.
The grass is always greener somewhere esle...its human nature.
How many people actually leave CX? Do we have 10% per annum? No...I actually don't know the exact figures but anecdotally I think it is around 1-2%(ignoring retirements) at most. Hardly a shocking figure indicative of a terrible job.
So, how bad is the job, the pollution, the pay etc if only 1 or 2% are leaving? And before the naysayers jump in, no I am not a management lackey, just a pragmatist!
ZS-LMI do the interviews, if you get offered the job, take it. Contrary to what hostile 23 says, it will not be the end of your life if it is a mistake. Unlike his life, you will probably live to 100...if it takes you a year or 2 to decide it was a mistake that still leaves you say 75 years of bliss(if you are say 23)...which will be more blissful for having tried cx and finding out it wasn't for you. Sometimes you have to try and fail to find out it wasn't for you....statistically it is likely you will find the job fine!