The word on the street is that recruitment is already behind the hiring target. CX is in need of short course applicants to get bums in the seats now. My guess is that if they can't find anyone taking the offer with an ATPL and more than 1500 hours flight experience, they will come back with a better offer for the DESO poolies in a couple of months. As far as I know they still do a sim evaluation for the short course cadet applicants which seems to be the hurdle for many to pass the interview.