This is the official memo from our system chief pilot:

"Update on the plan for the rest of this year.

Update on our pilot hiring efforts. Our projected outlook for hiring has changed slightly, it was recently adjusted down a bit from the original plan. This year we are continuing to offer training classes through September and plan on restarting our school house in December with classes continuing into the first quarter of 2016.

As many of you know, we have been actively interviewing this year; which has enabled us to build up a strong pool of candidates. This means we will be ready to go when we start our training back up in December. That being said we are going to take a momentary pause in our hiring efforts. Rest assured that the plan going forward includes more hiring as we continue to forecast growth and retirements."