Callsign Kilo,
Of course you're correct, but leaving people in limbo with no communication for a year is an indefensible position. It matters not that BA find themselves over-crewed, nor that they have a long term plan to take carefully selected zero to hero cadets (we would all apply given the right credentials).
It would take 5 minutes to update their applicants to whom at the interview stage they held themselves out to be a cut above the rest, a more professional and caring company, an employer that values their employees as an asset.
If one assumes that the recruitment process, whether assessing DEPs or zero hour cadets, is indeed designed to find the 'right' candidates for BA's operation (future Captains no less), then those who meet the criteria ought to be treated with respect even if a job offer was not in fact made at the end of their selection due to large scale company issues.
The irony is that this behaviour would receive raised eyebrows at the BA personnel interview if it were used as an example of poor CRM. Of course, the recruitment team cannot be faulted, and they must be tearing out their hair!
Last edited by Mikehotel152; 20th Oct 2012 at 09:10.