Thank you very much for your reply you covered basically everything I was wondering. That is all very positive to hear and it is a great encouragement to hear someone with good things to say about their airline. Especially considering the general level of discontent I have come to learn is standard among flight crew be it justified or not.
Early days so not getting my hopes up yet but this is good news for everyone and if I don't make it this time I'll keep applying until they come to me down in the wilderness of EXT stand 9 and ask me to stop
much appreciated