I think the bmir management's hands have been tied for the past year as the Lufty deal has been finalised. An announcement is due at the end of this month regarding the future (3 year) plan for regional. However, given the sad news of redundancies at bmi baby earlier this month I'm not sure if there will be any recruitment in the near future for any of the bmi group.
Of course, we'll just have to wait for the announcement to come to see what the future holds.
Regarding the holdpool, I don't think it's particularly full, just a little stagnant!
Best of luck to everyone involved.