The latest ( October '04 ) copy of
Star Flyer ( Astraeus' in-house news letter ), under the section 'Crewing level', says the following:
Recruitment is now complete for a new training course at Gatwick commencing on 16 October for approximately 20 cabin crew. This is designed to ensure that our crew establishment reaches its required levels for the winter season and to enable much of our annual recurrent training to take place during November and December.
Recruitment for Summer 2005 is also being planned. The recruitment and training programme is likely to start relatively early to ensure that we have sufficient crew available to fly the extra aircraft arriving in the build-up to the full summer programme from May.
Hope this helps.