Indeed WWW, in short that does seem the state of play at the moment. Partner airlines have announced recruitment freezes that will be reviewed in spring of next year. As one of the younger people without a degree going through I am rather concerned about these latest announcements. The training I've received so far has been very good, but without the HSBC loan, I would never have been able to come here. It certainly is not the time to be finishing with £1100 a month worth of repayments over your head and a job looking as much as a year away. Who knows, perhaps it will recover, but for the moment the winter is looking rather bleak.