Guys if I may comment as someone outside looking in who was inside looking out.
This is a fantastically rare scheme that really does only come up once in a blue moon.
BA are desperate for bodies right now.Dont accept that the door is shut for you due to the wording of the scheme.
Bug your deskie, go above his head, personally ring someone in BA HR or management and get answers from the horses mouth.
There will be so few of you eligible that BA will easily have the resources to hand sift your application and progress it.
Civvy world in many ways is not as rigid in its procedures as the Mil and if a dozen or so slightly iffy apps find their way to the right person in BA and you can start work 3 weeks on Tuesday you'll all be a shoe in.
Think about it.There may not be another of these opportunities for non qualified DEP for another 15 years.
Dont let the REMF's grind you down on this
PRESS!!