As for going from 330 skipper to 380 FO, way to enamour yourself with your colleagues...
Fine by me. One person less to worry about in the staff travel queue. Back to F/O staff travel category, right through retirement. But has to pass the type course first.
JQ is not going to SFO via AKL.
Jetstar's focus is Asia.
Welcome to San Francisco
The San Francisco Manager told me before she 'retired' that JQ AKL-SFO was a near certainty. But just a rumour.