Fair play, choclateracer; a rumour network it is. In the risk of not sounding 'precious'
a massive amount of time and effort was invested by many a person during the DEP campaign. People travelled from all round the globe in the hope that they would earn the opportunity to fly for BA. As I'm sure you respect, it is still regarded as a career changing position. Despite the scattered updates from Cranebank, everything else with regard to position of those in the pool and in between assessment stages has been based on a multitude of heresay, second hand information and opinion. Now the official word is out and it appears you were bang on the money in your assessment. Cudos. However I wouldn't expect a genuine apology from Threethirty or anyone else for that matter.
Best of luck to you
