As Ruddder Sir correctly pointed out in regard to my previous post, allot has changed at Eagle in the last 18 months. The old Eagle training 'war' stories are well known around the traps but harping on about how bad 'my mates, mate said it was 5 years ago' doesn't do much for the 100+ current Eagle pilots nor play much relevance to the current organisation and those that have put in the effort to improve it.
I believe the statement regarding starts to the Air NZ jet is correct, I thought it applied to all yes letters from the regionals but not 100% sure. I guess any movement should hopefully be good news for those at Eagle in regard to job prospects though.