Thanks BCN - June seems so far away! Thanks to Pprune I was able to do research before applying to BA and still decided to go for it. I accept and know that the old terms and conditions are long gone but still decided to go for it. One of the biggest attractions was the mixed flying - love doing shorthaul so will be happy with that.
I feel we also have to think of the other new people who will be joining BA - if it is exciting for me then it will be even more exciting for people who haven't done it before and as much as conditions aren't any where near perfect let's keep up the positivity for all the new joiners.