Ahh yes thanks for enlightening me 737Capt. There are alot more sad stories inline with the 2nd lady's intake. Atleast she was hired. As mentioned in one of my earlier threads...there are alot of excellent blokes who missed out on FJ due to not having any bloodlines in Air Pacific or not being eligible for the "Affirmative Action Policies"! One of these blokes (although not being the most polished) ended up with Pacific Sun after leaving for Air New Zealand Link with another good bloke. I suppose he is regretting accepting a position with PS as he is now firmly cemented in the left hand seat of an ATR with no sight of moving to the jets. The other guy made a move to HK via Air NZ Link.
I must say the guys who werent eligible for the "Blue Print Polocies" who made it to FJ arent very good examples of doing the hard yards. One guy S/O A.S had a very poor rapport with colleagues while in domestic. He got into this line of job for the uniform and luckily enough his Dad bought him a 737 rating (am suprised that he even made it through the type rating course...even after a few attempts).
Anyways apologies for "hating the player" and not the "game".
All in all my best bet is that FJ could be a dream job in paradise once the top level monkeys are removed.