See Ben provides another very good summation on the state of play, this time in relation to VA and Skywest's proposed cadet scheme:
Virgin cadets to fill (it hopes) a pilot shortage | Plane Talking
By the way is there any word on Senator X and his push to reopen the Inquiry to review the AF447 final report?
See here:
AF447 report pledge must be honoured says Xenophon | Plane Talking