I heard a rumour the other day that this non type rated recruitment is basically just a ruse to keep BALPA happy.
BALPA have obviously (and quite rightly) kicked up a stink about CTC pilots coming in on stupid T&Cs, and in response management have finally caved in and said that they will hire direct entry on reasonable T&Cs.
In actual fact, they have no intention to hire DEPs (with some exceptions, viz., those people who would have been hired anyway- i.e. TRIs/TREs, those with A320 Line Training experience etc), but to continue hiring CTC cadets on
T&Cs.