Folks, I didn't mean to overstate what I "know." I had a very brief opportunity to meet JH (2-3 minute conversation before he moved on to the next person who was waiting to chat with him), and most that was spent introducing myself as an applicant. I didn't get a chance to clarify what he meant. My guess is that he was referring to CJOs for street hires. I don't believe he was talking about people who are already in the pool.
My totally unqualified impression is that throughput capacity of the training pipeline is the limiting factor. i.e., between recalls, flows, and poolies, all classes between now and this Fall are full. Again, just my unqualified opinion.