Guys.
You're wasting your breath. He's not even reading what you're saying, he's reading the stuff from a couple of pages back about how much the guy in Emirates gets paid and thinking "wow a couple of years in Jetstar and I could have some of that". And you know what, he probably could.
Look at the discussion on the "wannabes" forum which is largely pitched at Brits and Europeans, and the discussion has moved on from paid jobs altogether, it's all about which pay-to-fly broker is best to use in order to go and buy 500 hours worth of "line training", which will typically cost THEM around £20 to £30,000 for the privilege of sitting in a right seat for a few months.
So they can then go and pay £50 to submit their online application to Ryanair, and £150 for the interview should they be called.
And then work for £10,000 per year to fly a B737. And pay for their own sims, uniforms, hotels and crew food.
All this, after they've paid £70,000 for a CPL/IR and £30,000 for a type rating.
And there are STILL hundreds and hundreds of punters queueing up to do it.
THAT is the kind of future that airline managers dream about and as long as supply vs demand in NZ of output-from-the-schools versus available jobs stays so skewed, it's only a matter of time I reckon.
You're right going to Jetstar might not improve their chances with Air NZ or QF, but get real, when's the last time they hired anyway. Or at least, hired more than half a dozen guys in a year. Awesome if your number comes up in THAT lottery but realistically you aren't gonna scare 200 hour guys off by threatening them with that one.
Jetstar and Pac Blue are the only game in town these days, so the real choice is whether to apply for Jetstar now ... or do 5 years in GA and then 5 years in Eagle and THEN apply for Jetstar
