I understood that in the past even if you joined BA with a 737 rating from say BMI you were still put through a full type rating course as a matter of policy - thus the decision whether to recruit someone with a Dash 8 rating cost no more to the airline - has this changed?
Yes, rated guys are now planned to do a shortened course. Training capacity is a major issue for BA at the minute - not so much sim time, but actual trainers. Unfortunately, training new trainers uses a lot of training capacity! - bit of a catch 22 really.
Give it time, I imagine you're day will come, hopefully you won't have too long to wait.