londonmet
Don't know the specifics but they certainly are training new entrant Cabin Crew at a heck of a rate at the moment- Cranebank is overrun at the moment with new hire cabin Crew, most of whom seem destined for LGW.
Wether the reason for this is "Project Columbus", or a desire to only employ Cabin crew on short term contracts, or a high attrition rate, or a combination of all three I do not know. My underlying point is that a rumoured (or real) increase in Cabin Crew recruitment does not necessarily mean an increase in Flight Crew recruitment. As "wobble" has said those in the Flight Crew hold pool will probably have to keep treading water for quite a while.