Courses being cancelled is nothing new, but at least you know you will have a course to go on eventually. It used to be a lot worse, when I was applying in 2002, it took over 2 years just to get through the application stage, passing everything first time. There were guys on my course who had been in the application stage for 3 years. This was due to the fact that headquarters were moving and interviews were getting cancelled. Before I started other candidates struggled to get on courses due to sept 11th. It is no consolation to those who find themselves in a sticky situation now, but theres not much anyone can do. You just need to keep focused. Its well worth the wait.