who knows, they had to do it though as at the time they weren't going to use any Dublin people, so needed to at least have people in a shortlist for interviews. If dublin people are used then it will simplify things a lot as they will already be trained. They also have people in the hold pool already selected (so again simplifying things!) ready to fill any FO slots. Whilst you can argue its a little harsh to advertise jobs for belfast and then not use any of the applicants, I think it is EVEN MORE harsh to not give FOs who have been waiting years for their command to be passed over by people outside the company, as well as the 20 people or so in the hold pool who have been waiting for their break only to be passed by other people.......
I guess we'll just see what happens
