Sawadee,
I am a Long haul Capt for BA & have no agenda to give out the info I was given first hand this morning apart from to encourage those applying to BA.
It makes no difference to me, but the Manager who is a very respected person said he could forsee another 1000 over and above the BMI guys and already recruited pilots in the next 5 years...
Its not my opinion and obviously to be taken with a massive caveat.