I'm with Oz Goose. During my AQC we were told by an overwhelming majority of CTC employees that the ATP hold pool will be emptied in very quick time and we can be fairly certain of starting type ratings within months.
Alas, this was not the case.
I am fully prepared to accept that CTC (and indeed all of their partner airlines) perhaps don't know themselves what recruitment plans are to be implemented, if indeed any.
What's so furstrating however, is the lack of contact that is forthcoming from CTC. Promises of 'e-mail updates in the near future' is simply not good enough, not least because they're so infrequent.
On completing my AQC, I was full of praise for the way in which the course itself was conducted and pleased to say that it met, if not exceeded all of my high expectations. Unfortunately, the after-sales service has, in my opinion, fallen short of acceptable, leaving me feeling disillusioned and moreover, far from (to coin a phrase) 'In the loop...'
GD.