It's a good point what you made about why still recruit, I think that those interviewed in January and February this year still have a chance because they wouldn't spend money recruiting and taking cabin crew off duty to interview if they knew their numbers had been filled. Since the merge I think that they will take a lot on which is the reason for them interviewing in Jan/Feb 08. Next week we will see i'm quite confident about that!
Just got to hope that luck is with you when it arrives!