When I applied on-line in early 2008...
2 weeks to hear re stage 1, this was via a phone call.
2 days after stage 1 to hear re sim check, this was via a phone call.
2 days after sim check to hear of placement into the hold pool, this was via a phone call.
5 days later offered a place on the bus at Gatwick - yes you guessed, via a phone call.
Am transferring to LHR in early November as the BA LGW Airbus fleet is winding down for the winter. Talk is it will rise like a pheonix from the ashes next year - but will be crewed as part of the LHR bidpack.
Gatwick is great, slightly less moola due to the scheduling agreement but crew banter is
superb - both sides of the cockpit door.
I will miss it.
CB