Will be interested to see what happens. I filled in the application in full on the day it opened....had most of the content of the 'essays' pre written from cover letters i did previously. Although reading this thread i feel a bit afraid that i didnt write enough, i thought it was better to keep the answers robust and to the point, coming in with under 250 words.
Anyway no point in beating ourselves up over it, im just thankful i still have a paid flying job if my application ends up in the bin.