If you have finished your type-rating, shouldn't you be a second officer rather than a cadet pilot?

I had an experience with a one-engine shutdown on a gulf-air flight during my college days. I was returning back to Doha for my vacations. The flight takes off, a big thud followed by some sputtering sounds. No announcement from the Captain, the cabin crew run and disappear. Passengers start panicking, praying. I found the situation rather funny instead of feeling scared oddly enough. Anyway, the captain makes the landing and then the announcement comes that we had to make an emergency landing as a bird went into one of the engines and it shut down.

Amazing professionalism displayed by the Gulf Air Crew ( sarcasm intended). Suffice to say, never flew with them again.