GG!! Tell me it isn't so!?!? Your hoping for help from New Zealand....?!?!?
Jeez that must hurt to say that?!
For what it's worth, if you ask any of the newbies what they hope to achieve, it's always the same...."I'm going to get some experience and then go somewhere that pays well"
Of course, what they fail to see is, with everyone out there for "experience" there is no longer a need for an airline to pay a descent salary....vicious circle springs to mind
As for the 100 hour ATO etc, I know a number of years ago in NZ when the industry was in full swing, CAA was pretty quick to give an exemption to that rule. So don't hold your breath that the NZCAA will stop the rot. Sadly.