There are 6 new guys going through the sim and groundschool, I guess we have run out of "returnees" for the time being. I know some of the very few P2F people who were thought worth employing had interviews and I think they make up some of the six, the rest are from the hold pool. At least two are company employees who have been working in the cabin for 2-3 years and they are having their ratings paid for. Looking forward to seeing all the new people out on the line.
Last P2F people went through some months ago, none were ever taking the place of a bmi FO, anybody whose flight was used for P2F training was given a day off with the option to turn up, sit on the j/s and claim allowances and if they wanted to, strangely I don't think many did.