There is a huuuuuuuuuge waiting list for UK bases.
Swarm: the recruitment figures that I told you in previous posts are based in secure sources from inside the company. Also, to reinforce it, I can tell you every 2 weeks there are 2 courses, one in EMA and another at AMS, 12 pilots each. 24 pilots time 26 weeks gives you more than 600 per year
this excludes CTC cadets and other occasions when they start courses every week, with is quite rare but happened.