God I sound like a right miserable git in that post don't I? Crying in my beer mug again. By the way I should have said of course that IMO hiring should sort of resume by mid this year ...
Anyway I'm feeling a bit better today cos I've just heard that one of my pals with similar hours to myself, has been called for interview for a turboprop driving job by a certain large-ish UK airline (which I shan't name right now for fear of putting the hex on him) ... goes to show there are still the very occasional jobs to be found even in these bleak times.
Anyway Cruise Alt I'm off 'dununda' in february for the next 3 or 4 months, I have a couple of student pilot pals from here in the UK who are coming with me, the plan is to sort them out with kiwi licenses and some cheap hour building and stay current myself in the process. Hopefully I'll be able to pull a few strings and get a bit of multi engine instructing time while I'm down there as well, should look good on the CV in time for the summer, that's the plan anyway <img src="smile.gif" border="0">