I was referring to CTC placements. The last guys to be offered "traditional" cadet contracts went to eJ Swiss in April/May time; apart from that only 3/4 others have been taken on by BA as SSPs and everyone else is in the pool (generally speaking). Industry wide placements are far outside of my scope of expertise, but I'm sure if you went to the far east you'd find lots of people being offered jobs.
The airlines, especially the charters (and therefore CTC), traditionally have a slow period in recruitment terms this time of year. The problem this year is that it’s being exacerbated by the economic conditions and looks worse because CTC have never had such big courses rapidly filling the hold pool.