Jet2 hasn't hired anyone from OAA for several years, probably because they've been getting their low hour pilots from CTC. Even though this press release doesn't say OAA will be their sole source of low hour ab-initio cadets, their past behaviour seems to be using a single source.
The press release is too cryptic to tell if they plan a cadet programme such as those OAA do with other airlines with a conditional job offer before they start the course, or if it just means they will hire OAA Integrated graduates once they finish the course, or a mixture of both.
Jet2 has always hired experienced pilots as well and there is no reason that won't continue. The more immediate impact I see in this news will be recurrent sim training for Jet2s existing 737 crews closer to their home bases.
Fabbe92,
Was the Ryanair guy you spoke to Michael O'Leary himself? Dismissing the competition as "not so important" is one of his trademarks. Jet2 is a well run airline and the pilots I know that work for them are quite happy there.