I can’t believe the last sentance. How well you performed at assessment is the difference between passing and not.
I’m waiting for a call for DEC NTR LGW. Everyone who has been offered something so far passed before I did. I’d be amazed, and making a call if it turns out someone who passed after me gets a call before I do. That’s not how holding pools work..
My logic would be this. There is one large hold pool. Inside that it’s divided into 4, Captain rated or not, FO rated or not. You are then picked out in order of date you entered the pool based on their demands for training courses available and where they need to base you. Very simple. Again how well you did at assessment implies the best get picked first and if they’re desperate they’ll offer something to the ones who scraped through. I think they set their own recruitment standards much higher than that.