Do you not think the TUI/Thompsonfly/First Choice pilots, whom the company are keen to see leave the company now that they are overcrewed, might not be ahead in queue for summer '09 recruitment? Their LPC/OPC won't have expired for a start.
Despite a deal done between BALPA and Da Management to carry the excess pilots, there are a lot of guys with mates in TCA!! No B757/B767 or A320/1 type rating, don't waste time applying...
TCX have been recruiting for next summer, between 30 to 50 FOs depending on the expected fleet size. However I think applications have now closed.
External applications have never opened. Cadets only have been recruited so far, type rated pilots sometime in the new year...