I just spoke to a couple of mates in maun and they said many of the pilots looking for work are a bunch of tossers and they would only want to have a beer with about ten of them.
Soakingpilot,
You said you were generally well liked, well it turns out that is not accurate, you were described as a C#$K. Now you see what a poor attitude does to your chances, its not about the flying mate.