Lauderdale
Sorry to butt in but good point well made.
It's no good people sticking their fingers in their ears and singing "la la la we can't hear you" when bad news is announced. A good friend of mine (Temp Cabin Crew) has just been laid off from BA, as have some of the ex-Manchester people redeployed down South last year. Recruitment on the other side of the Flight Deck door at the moment is at a complete standstill...
If you've got a Course in BA in the near future keep your fingers crossed you hang on to it, if you want to be Crew if anyone offers you a Cabin Crew job in the present climate grab it with both hands.
Hanging on for the vague promise of a job at BA simply for reasons of preference or family history is, frankly, barking in the present climate. As Lauderdale has quite rightly said "Aviation at the moment is not the place to be picky".
Whatever you do - good luck.