Can you commute ? Of course you can as it is all long haul. The furthest commuter I believe is from Dubai
Is there a sim assessment ? Yep, a 30 min wiz around in a 320 at LGW and all standard stuff
I believe that the 4th aircraft just arrived back from heavy maintenance in JNB. The plan is still to have 7 flying by next summer, and recruitment very much ongoing.
People joining from a variety of backgrounds. EZY/VS/SAA/EK/RAF seem to be fertile recruitment grounds, but definitely a very mixed variety of back grounds.