Koru,
Yeah, unfortunately the magic call never materialised. CX taking over the KA 747's caused a few problems with KA's recruitment. It stopped, for a while anyway and another job came up. It didn't help that my contact at KA went out on Long Term Medical leave.
If you can get in, KA is a good gig. They have a comparable package to CX without the political training environment. Although the guys there would disagree, they don't work as hard as your average Regional pilot in the US.