I know, that's why I put quotation marks around it. I know it's frivolous. I have always lived by the old airline adage 'believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see'. I don't see any harm in rumors though. Occasionally they accidentally wind up being true...just passing along what I've heard, to the curious.

As far as the vacancy goes, I've noticed that a blank one for the next month always pops up after each award, and then when they post a real one, it changes to a vacancy notice with openings posted. Not sure why this is though. I've wondered myself.