Update direct from HR:
''This recruitment process will be ongoing for up to the next 12 months''
Through friends and other sources I have learned this much:
It is not closed, they need up to 60 FO's this year
They have no sim space to conduct assessments and have people who have passed interview awaiting until possibly October for an assessment date.
An equal number of cadets, experienced TP guys, RAF guys and instructors have been getting interviews.
Interviews can come on VERY short notice so be prepared.
Lastly, if you don't have a JOC you CAN still interview but you must be willing to go do a JOC before starting your TR or preferably before attending your sim assessment and they recommend Simtech for this but don't mandate where you do it as far as i know.
Hope this is as encouraging to others as it has been to me
good luck to all