I don't want to rain on any ones parade but please come in with your eyes wide open. The difference in T&c's when compared between the ROI vs. Non ROI bases is huge. At a recent union meeting the average age of captains was given at just 39. There are zero proposals for expansion. Our CEO is increasingly being quoted as saying that we are open for sale but clearly not to FR so who knows what the future will hold. The recruitment would appear to be filling the void left from those who have availed of early retirement packages and the associated shift of seats.
It is unclear at this stage which bases they are recruiting for. It could well be a case of first in first served. In any case there is a global base agreement which effectively means that those at lgw and bfs who are nearing the end of their freeze since hiring into those bases will now be entitled to bid into the ROI and quite possibly displace anyone at the bottom rung of the ladder. To spell this out in black and white you coulees quite conceivably start in Dublin and then be shifted off to wherever depending on your seniority number.
So you want to fly a 330? Think again. No expansion planned at all and a very very very long wait unless you want to spend all of your salary on living costs in Washington.