My understanding is that 2012/13 will be a poor year for recruitment but 2013/14 will be much improved. There are also many unknowns between now and then - expansion plans (if any), attrition, BA recruitment etc. There are currently a number of our Captains working out their notice to go to Virgin Atlantic and Emirates. Whilst these are not enormous numbers, the trickle is there and I would expect that to increase rather than decrease. Underlying all this is a battle over the future of flexicrew which is being fought out behind the scenes between the Union and Management. There are, therefore, many permutations which make recruitment plans difficult, if not impossible, to predict.