Some comments from recent chats at FL390 suggest that there will be no pilot out of work from Britannia. Planned command courses for the winter will be going ahead and recruitment may commence early in 2002.
A possible twist to those of you on the Britannia hold file could be the ever increasing number of experienced jet pilots now looking for a new employer. It may be possible that Britannia will look at recruiting those experienced 737/757/767 pilots ahead of those originally told they were on the hold file. So, whilst this is not necessarily the fact, by all means keep all your options open and keep in close and constant contact with Britannia HR.
Good luck, Britannia appears to have weathered the storm reasonably well for now - who knows what tomorrow brings.
Stay tuned.