Thanks Alexander, it is very kind of you to take the time to give such detailed and insightful responses. I do hope to work with you soon. I will just have to keep my fingers crossed, and then if the time comes, focus on completing what must be a rigorous selection procedure. To that end if anyone has any feedback for that stage I'm sure many would appreciate.
For information, and not to annoy people, but I have friends here in the middle east who are also waiting for non TR's to open, and so the competition will be fierce, many of these guys are on the 330 and 777 with in excess of 4000 hrs.