It would be nice to know how many are on the hold file I know of some
who have been told to expect progression in July 2007. It would be good if it was a hold pool(you are in!) rather than a dynamic hold file where you move down the food chain if people outscore you.
Yadot I would assume that you are talking about the PATS course. I did it and found it a worthwhile investment of $3300 especially for the score I obtained in the maths/verbal component. I got to know the instructor pretty well anyway the majority of this type of work they do is from overseas - people coming out from Europe and down from Asia - especially UK . So I don't think a shutdown of Qantas hiring would bother them.
But it would be interesting to know at what rate mainline are presently testing candidates, also Jetstar as well for that matter.