CB,
good to hear you're so chilled out about the whole thing! I'm not losing sleep over it but a little concerned that some of the limited number of LH places will go to DEPs. Call me selfish but I know I'm not the only one who's been voicing concerns. I've no problem waiting a few months extra but to spend years more on SH while DEPs go LH would be a hard pill to swallow. Anyway, we'll see what happens.
Zeddb,
recruitment managers in the past have said they need to get 5 years out of a new pilot to make it worth employing and training them. With new EU age regs they probably can't discriminate on age grounds anyway. Either way you should be ok. There are certainly many older 2 stripers around BA, it's just not unusual. You never know, a SH LGW command or maybe 747 GSS might be achievable if you stay past 60.