I re-applied and got my application in on the 27th for the long/short haul hold pool. I recieved the good news of an interview and selected May 15th.
WRT to my application most details stayed the same except I feel I refined and dramatically improved the application overall especially the essay questions. I change a couple entirely but the other three maintained the same core as I thought they were still relevant. I found for me to get through the hoops for an assesment were;
1)Have the hours and a bit more
2)Be honest with your essay answers- keep them specific and dont write horrible greasy bulls£*t.
3)Make sure there are no spelling/grammer mistakes
4)hope for the best
Hope this helps