G'day, in answer to your question (and to prove that some of us do check back occasionally...)
1. The job is above and beyond how I expected it to be. Knew I'd enjoy it, but it's still pretty un-describable (if there is such a word) how it feels doing the walk round and looking up at this bloody great aeroplane you're about to carry 200 people in. Anyone that says that life aint rosy is either lying or, if not, should leave and find something else to do. There are down sides, but not many.
2. 757/767 Long haul is an option on the 76 (no longer an option for cadets tho), other than that you have to unfreeze your ATPL (>1500 hrs)
3. Worst Part- getting up at 0345 to operate the early Paris. The sooner the Scarebus lot get it the better. And 6 earlies in a row can get pretty fatigue inducing.
Hope that answers your question.
Alf