Reading between the lines again, I would guess that there will not be much if any recruitment this year, especially as BA's premium traffic is dropping off, along with the easing of the 80/20 slot restriction, let alone the release of the FAA/NTSC statement re:777 with RR engines.
To be perfectly frank, I don't think BA can actually guarantee a need for all of the pilots it presently has. If there is a grounding of the 15 777's with RR engines, it could mean we are a couple of hundred pilots overmanned. I would imagine that the situation in Waterside is very fluid at the moment, and to reiterate an above poster, I would be looking for other jobs at the moment. Personally, I am getting back into IT temporarily as anything could happen. Sadly, your/our livelihoods are in the hands of Obama, Brown and some unelected EU comissioners.