yes, BT will recruit in 2011. That's the plan anyway. And people will continue to leave due to the following:
BT is unable to pay all salaries this winter, cuts of 25% on paper, effectively 35% for most pilots.
The company offers:
Option 1: 75% of the basic salary and a reduction of guaranteed pay down from 60 hours to 45 hours.
Option 2: 7 days additionally off per month in a block, a 75% salary with a bigger reduction of those 45 hours pay.
This is purely voluntarily according to the company and only for 4 months (though the addendum that is to be signed does not mention a time limit, it is indefinite)
However if not sufficient volunteers can be found, people will be fired strictly according to seniority (which would be mostly newly Dash rated pilots).
makes sense? probably not.