Skeet,
I'm not denying anything, just trying to look at both sides. The students are obviously disappointed if they get chopped, and those who get through will have to wait. If it is true that Atlantic will absorb pilots into their own airline then I see that as making a commitment to the contract.
Aside from anything else however, surely it is early days yet for the successful students to be having jobs found for them yet. And didn't someone say that the contract gives 12 months from gaining the ATPL (frozen) to finding a job.
Personally I would love to have been successful in my application, even under current circumstances. For those others that failed I would say stop bleating about your own failure and dig deeper into your own pockets if you want to get ahead.
Alas that is what I must do to.......Welcome to the failure club boys.