Well, many of my friends at SAA did interviews with J* recently, many of them experienced and rated on type.
I don't want to burst too many bubbles back in Vic state, but before a company can go on the recruitment trail they must have an OK for the number of possible recruits already.
They must also be able to show that the new recruits will be filling a labour gap that exist in Oz at present - BEFORE they can recruit.
J* already did this.
And before you go on about Oz having enough pilots, they are looking for EXPERIENCE. The people that are being interviewed are high hour (10 000hrs) people.
They are looking for future (next 18 months) captains.
Good luck manne!