That's essentially what we were told in a hold pool update email in January.
Originally Posted by
RexBanner
VJW from what I gathered there's nowhere near that many in the hold pool , the estimate was 60ish.
Colleague of a friend (yes, I know, it's tenuous, but this is a rumour site!) was told he was 40th in the hold pool overall, but 8th Airbus rated. I believe he did his sim in May '16. So I'd guess there are a fair few more than 60, but hopefully substantially less than a few hundred, given that having done my sim in November '16, I'll be near the bottom...