Interviews to be held at the end of Oct, beginning of Nov - depending upon successful outcome of the freedom offer. The numbers required will depend upon the number of vacancies left by freedom pilots.
This will possibly be the last interview for the year, so that the link carriers have some time for their pilots to gain experience in the left and right seat.
Interviews will recommence next year depending on the lead in delay for the 787 and the number of retirements throughout the year.
The training is always the bottle-neck, so it will depend on training slots as to which fleet type and how many.......