There’s certainly a few different ways to look at this. I understand your concern and it’s legitimate.
If they want to stock up on pilots I see it as the company having an aggressive growth strategy, so in that sense it’s a positive indication.
However, if it causes trip productivity to suffer I will be one very unhappy camper to say the least.
I don’t want to fly 18 days and credit 150 but I do want to have a high TFP/day worked ratio.