I think if it says not to reapply, it is so they don't have to reassess a candidate they've already decided against. Better to leave it for another year (as tough as that is!). I hope she'll have success with this. I've wanted to do this since I was a child, and I decided to go to uni, get a office job etc, and got an invite for Qantas in July, and now I'm past the reference checks process. You just never know what will happen