Well well this IS interesting ...
I have just been informed by a certain secret wannabe agent that I know, who operates deep within the bowels of BA recruitment department, that they have observed the preparation of a full page splash ad for publication in Flight International within "the next several weeks", inviting renewed applications for the British Airways Direct Entry Pilot scheme.
The words "type rated" and "2500 hours TT" were also overheard, and the numbers being bandied around are between 200 and 300 pilots required before the end of the year, for just about all the fleets, with probably another 3 to 4 hundred in 2005.
Hold onto your hats people, good times are heading back in a BIG way