Hi guys RE: 6 month thing that gets spoken about if you read the application framework it says you cannot have "applied for this position in the past 6 months" so if you quit and reapply be sure that it has been at least 6 months as you could be putting yourself up for a fall at the first hurdle - it probably means applied and failed but I should seek clarification first if I were you.
RE the whole thing I just had an e-mail back from STS - very open and honest actually - the TU's and company need to sit down and agree a transfer freamework to include LGW before the transfers can actually begin. As the recent dispute has put things behind the Unions have yet to actually table this issue yet - about time LGW got put first and this issue was addressed I feel.
Either way they had an operational need for new crew ASAP so external was the only way forward.