Backdoor via Freedom
Rightfrontwheel,
the path of buying a type-rating for freedom and then getting into AirNZ is long closed. Freedom and AirNZ A320 drivers were merged a year or two ago into Zeal320, the operating company for AirNZ's airbus fleet. Now all pilots are taken from internal transfers from AirNZ's main fleet group.
You cannot be employed direct by Freedom anymore, and you cannot enter direct onto the A320 with Air NZ, all new entrants are either Longhual S/O's or B733 F/O's.
PS "Freedom" as a AirNZ LCC brand is to disappear early 2008 and all trans-tasman flights are to be AirNZ flights, as well as dropping a few unprofitable Freedom routes like Palmy - OZ and maybe Dunners to OZ.
S2K