That's a good possibility. I've seen this company furiously hire into a furlough twice now. I've seen them dramatically increase the number of instructors on a particular fleet only to gut the instructor ranks on the same fleet within the year.

I've also seen them hold off on hiring new instructor only to suddenly find themselves critically short and unable to deal with the training demand. Right now they are seriously ramping up. Which logically would indicate a huge training increase. But logic seldom applies in the airline industry.

I can only tell you what's going on at the moment. I have no crystal ball to make definitive statements about the future. And neither does anyone else. No matter how desperately they need to feel important and superior.