I know a chap who has just been offered a position with EK and he has accepted. I think that goes to show that there is no recruitment suspension of any sort currently in force. He has put in a heap of work for the selection process and he deserves to do well but he had to wait nearly a year after filling in the on line application before getting the nod to come to DXB for the sim and interview. I guess he must have circa 6000 hours and most of that on medium and heavy jets before anyone asks. It seems that people who have the hours (6000+) are being told if will be three years to command!