Look, Air NZ doesn't need anymore jet pilots until 2016 they say, so hence the flow and movement within NZ will continue to have close to no movement.
What is the point in training then unless you intend to go overseas.
-And I mean further afield than Australia which is transfixed on hiring rich cadets at the moment.
Capping the loans is not preventing you from getting a job, there are next to none anyway!