To further camelspyyder's post I have a friend who was in the WSOp trg pipeline and was offered either a 5 year hold before starting WSOp trg or rebranch to a ground trade. Funnily enough they took the rebranch.
So I can confirm he's not lying with the 2018 CR projection.
As for Pilot, the guys right at the back of the pipeline are looking at coming out of their OCU 2017-18, but due to the longer trg time it's looking like it shouldn't be too long before Pilot opens up again - within a year? That's my personal speculation, mind.