Hi Northern Boy,
Was at FSI in Farnborough last month on recurrent and was told they were recruiting! Once guy who was let go in September was brought back in to help out whilst they trained up others (he declined to come back as he had decided to 'persue other interests'). My instructor told me they were getting quite busy across all fleets. If you are due for recurrent soon maybe you could confirm this? I don't believe we are out of the woods by a long shot but there are signs of recovery.
i have heard mutterings of more redundancies after Christmas on another forum, but don't know if it is just doomsayers speculating.
MB