Originally Posted by smoothatFL410

They are not hiring for the 757, which is going away soon. Management has stated as recently as last month that all new-hires will be for the Airbus, around 10 per month, for the rest of 2016. The June class just started yesterday.

Of course this will probably change. It is hard to believe with all the transitions and upgrades as well as people leaving on the MD-80 that they will not need to hire anyone else into the MD-80. But that's the plan.