Mesh - thank you very much for your insight. Feeling a little bit reassured about it at the moment. Although the rollercoaster of emotions in the last few weeks has been incredibly unsettling - it's very reassuring that this recruitment drive looks like it might go ahead - and equally how the process is undertaken.
Another flybe pilot here - here's to the lot of us getting ourselves sorted out soon.
It's been a miserable month or so.