10 years ago, it took my husband 2 months from the time he dropped off his application til the day he set foot in St Jean.
I dropped mine off, completed professionally(not hand written but used their PDF format), and am now coming up on one month and have not even gone in for my interview. They are verifying that I do not have a SN and the Cpl at the RO said that could take weeks!
I agree that this system needs an overhaul, and if they are needing instructors so bad to meet the increased demand in the number of recruits wanting to join, maybe they should consider "taking" from all the branches to get this ball rolling faster for them and for the recruit.
I can see how some people will get very discouraged with the length of time they have to wait...I know I am and I have only waited a month :