FK,
Actually it was, maybe even less being young & naive and all that.
Anyway what would you know about flying!! You're always off on holiday!! This beach here, that island there, man what a life....
Miss that Bandit, as the tui add says, Yeah, Right!
However the last interview I did, was a bit different!
My point being, that if you have a good all round knowledge (ie not just SPIFR on the same route day after day, and occassionally read some books) then you could all but discard most of the previous 7 pages.
The Air NZ thing, well, Command time made a big difference with them (given how quickly they moved in Eagle) most of the Left seaters are quite firmly fixed with this (NSN) company and don't want to move.
However, 5 F/Os with interviews in the next 2 months (& 2 Captains recently accepted, 1 Capt and 2 F/Os with "Yes" letters) that is slowly being addressed.
Eagle should be looking for some more pilots soon if Cathay take off again too. Flying Kiwi maybe able to shed some light on that one