Bambe - you don't choose the airline, CTC assigns you an airline according to their demand. You can turn down an offer but only twice (why would you want to?!).
With the mergers going through at the moment I don't think there has been much uptake from those particular partner airlines. However as things are consolidated hopefully their need for pilots will increase. I won't have passed through the system for nearly 2 years so I am optimistic that things will be different.
Is there a hold pool at the moment for WINGS cadets? I know there is for ATP cadets but I wasn't sure about the Wings course?
Gator - I wouldn't say ''turning your nose up at Citijet" but seriously, with £1000+ loan repayments a month, how on earth are you meant to live on £15,500 a year?!