Al Murdoch
Pool runs from Feb to July. I assessed early May and know people who went there early this month.
A number of people have been fished out of the pool to start in the next few months (777 and A330) but these are people who are not currently flying
That's not correct. In the last EK email they clearly said that the last 24 guys were joining the 330 and all coming from airbus. Nothing about flying or not nowadays (actualy I know a guy with a current job in 320 joining EK 330 this month or next one)
I would say that being or not flying now means nothing to this as I am unemployed and did not get the job yet. In the other side, date of joining the pool means nothing too, as a couple of guys from the May interviews joined EK passing in front of Feb people (Airbus experienced).