Just to avoid any confusion
AFAIK the new DEPs will not have any choosing to do now or for the foreseeable future - long haul vacancies are being filled by internal transfer.
Just to clarify, I meant after doing your 7 or so years as an FO on short-haul you move to long haul and decide to stay long haul until a command on long haul came available rather than take a short haul command. But we both agree a very very long wait whatever path you choose, BA rarely take DEP long haul but it has happened in the past.
binsleepen
If BA are that desperate they could ring the guys that were in the last hold pool, we are still flying, we haven't developed Schizophrenia, and they still have our contact details....