Pilotchute, don't believe all rumours you hear. For a fact, a week and a half ago 25 wings pilots and 8 take off pilots went for interviews. The vast majority (21 out of 25 wings - i don't know about take off) got offers from that airline and they will be starting type ratings between august and the middle of october. These are people who finished their course in may/june/july of this year.
Yes there are people who mess up, but if you look at/know of those who didn't get in then you can usually see the reason why! Since the 'rule of two' came in I have only heard of one person who has been turned down by two different airlines but I don't know what happens to him now.
and don't be so wary of the true stories. BA, Flybe and Easy all have wings cadets, interviewed over the summer on type rating courses at the moment. Fact.