Ahhh... I wondered when this news might break.. perhaps it would be a good idea to try and put some rumours to bed and spill out some facts.
As you will all know, BA has announced 1800 job cuts. A portion of these will have to be made from the Flight Operations Dept. Along with the tragic occurrences in the United States on Tuesday, recruitment has come under serious review at the highest level.
Some prudent decisions have thus been made to try and pre-empt any further market downturn. It is expected that all airlines will have a rough ride over the next 2-3 years and so the decisions within the company are:
to suspend DEP recruitment to the shorthaul fleets.
to suspend all further CEP courses until next Spring at the earliest. Those who have already commenced training at an FTO are UNAFFECTED, those in the hold pool will remain there until further notice.
to continue looking for a small number of DEP captains for the ATR fleet at LGW.
So there's the news.. hope this helps.
May my thoughts and prayers lie with those affected across the globe by Tuesday's tragedies.
[ 14 September 2001: Message edited by: Ralph Wiggum ]