Heya Sir Donald,
Yeh - didnt get through which was a shame but thought would pass what i got told. They gave a little booklet out before hand which had some prep info for the interview, but it also talked a lot about the cadet allowances and salaries etc hence where i got the numbers from.
At the same time, so not to sound too pessimistic, they did say thats the nature of the industry, ie uncertain, and times can easily swing back to good where hiring would increase again. Can only get better really so thats a positive. Cant really say much else but really hope you guys all get there in the end.