Just to let you know there are quite a few people in the holding pool. From the time I went for interview I know at least 4 people in the hold pool for F/O positions, none of them have been called or updated about where they stand in terms of recruitment. I've been in the pool a longtime, but there seems to be no news for recruitment at the moment.
What bothered me about the whole process was that they told me it was for a position and not the holding pool, if I had known this in advance i wouldn't have gone through the trouble....
If what RJ100 says becomes reality I think they will take the people from the pool first (depending on how many are still left), expect a long wait in the pool. My group have been in since April. Time from applying to entering the pool was 6months.
Good luck to all that applied!