As I said, that press release was released by OAA.
I personally didnt sign the contract, so I cant give a definate answer, but I know from the recruiters them self that they will still accept pilots from anywhere, as they always have done. But as always they will still consider cadets from the OAA APP course.
I never said there was a recruitment bad for 2 years, I simply said that new cadet pilot recruitment has been frozen for 2 years. Artie im guessing you work for them, check your emails, you should have got one about this 2 months ago.
Here is a link to their low hours entry requirements:-
http://jobs.jet2.com/pdfs/FO_low_hours_V2.pdf
None of the requirements are that you must have done the OAA APP course.