Not necessarily EZY_FR. In the past they haven't recruited as many as they said originally, in which case you're just competing against a standard, not other candidates. On the subject of statistics, does anyone have any idea how many made it to final interview?
Hopefully there will be further opportunities past 2016, it'd be a shame if next year is indeed the last run as it's probably one of the only realistic ways into aviation for some people (myself included) atm. If BA are happy with the standard of cadets coming through and continue to require pilots (which they seem to), I don't see any reason why a similar scheme won't continue to run at regular intervals.