I concur with Flyingtincans. The whole process can be agony; especially when you push yourself all the way to the top and get cast aside. You then watch pay points change, pilots from another airline get absorbed (a legal requirement) and numerous FPP cadets fill spaces. There is doom and gloom surrounding any future DEP requirements, you are told that you would have to reapply and sit the whole process again, but only if deemed eligible. However BA don't foresee DEP requirements until late 2015; then what? A dozen bus rated guys get offers at the turn of the year and recruitment opens again in the summer! This happens and happens again even though the pilot recruiters appear embarrassed about it when asked. Other people simply walk through with no issue whatsoever. I, however, remain reluctant about putting myself or my family through that episode again. Not sour grapes, just frustration speaking. Plus, at my age, it just wouldn't be worth it anymore.