VORDME,
Yep - mail me if you want - I was one of those due out on the 12th Sept to WMU. This last week has been spent getting a sense of perspective for the whole thing... as someone else has said on the forums, losing a job/course is nothing compared to the 6,333 lives lost in the WTC (+ those in Wash and Pitts), and our thoughts have to be with those affected in that way. However, it is very, very personal when BA ring with the bad news (for those of us on the 12th Sept course, we've also lost our old jobs, cars, houses etc etc to do this).
Judging from what is being said, no-one can give any definite answers yet (because obviously no-one knows what is going to happen), so much of the talk on this forum is guessing only. We know that we're top of the list for the next year if BA does decide it needs more CEPs - however that is totally dependant on the industry recovering. Therefore it would make sense to get on with life, since there's no point wasting 1 or 2 years waiting for BA (or whoever) to start recruiting. You can always leave your new job if recruitment starts again - if you decide you're happier where you are, then fine. Either way, you win. Getting a temp job at a cafe, and scanning the web every day for news on recruitment, would not move you on in your life.
Sorry for the rambling - just my 2p... incidentally, some of us are thinking of meeting up soon... email me and we could have a BA CEP hold pool bash (catchy title, n'est pas?!).
RS.