As you can see I haven't posted before but I felt I had to as I just don't see the problem some of you guys have.
The airline knew that there were many unanswered questions on THIS rumour network so they decided to respond and try to answer a few of those. This is a personal touch which to me says lots about the company. TCX does not have to personally respond to each candidate, what ever the experience level, to make it clear how many were interviewed and finally recruited. I believe a major UK airline even checking rumour networks deserves credit but posting a comment to those who have expressed concern on here is beyond what most employers would do. Expecting 'TCook' to give figures to "gain some credibility" will only fuel the debate and before you knew it the thread would have moved to comments about experience levels, type ratings and who should get jobs over other and ultimately bitter comments about how Thomas Cook have taken the wrong guys, which would have all been based on speculation.
What has been said seem sensible and fits in well with what we would expect and the comments some have made, so I would say it was credible.