@ HappyGuy
Really? Plenty of Cathay pilots have ditched girlfriends for reasons worse than work.
I'd suggest arrogance isn't a particularly desirable characteristic either. By the way, I think you'll find that a lot of current cadets have more experience than you. Perhaps best not to wait for the short course...
At the end of the day, it's all about who you can stand sitting next to for 12 hours in the cockpit. Good luck with Stage 4 - seems to be more and more people getting cut at FG lately.