I know of a few guys who have interviewed. None of them were flight instructors.
So because you know a very small sample it therefore applies to all that have been interviewed? Is that what you are trying to say?
Tell us all about those that you know that did get in?
My observation was nothing about them taking nothing but Instructors. Simply that as an example some of those that are getting in, do not even meet the experience that has been advertised as a minimum.
At the end of the day, if you tick their boxes, interview and sim well, you give yourself the best chance!
Lets not forget that this is not a 'o they were good at interview' thing. This means HR invited to interview candidates knowing that they do not meet the hours advertised
before they are even interviewed. Which fits with, for anyone else out there that is wondering what the heck is going on, the whole thing appears to be a farce and a tick box process of having 'interviewed the locals', when in reality the intent is to take hardly anyone.
The Jetstar turboprop operation is not here to make a profit, sure it might barely, but it is more about bleeding money from Air NZ with the drop in prices they will have to suffer to compete, and a retaliation for Virgin Australia in which Air NZ has invested.