Dreamshiner, when I was looking for work I sent my CV to XXXX airline and got a lovely and polite PFO from the CP. A couple of weeks later I met him at the BALPA employment conference and he looked me straight in the eye and said that all recruitment was over for the year and that I should reapply next summer. A few short weeks later I had a letter offering employment signed by his own fair hand.
Keep on truckin' and don't let the b*stards get you down.