Were definitely not, not hiring; excuse the double negative. It's just a sim availability limit etc (see VIROTATE above). You're not going to miss out on any seniority and its better this way. You wouldn't want to start training but have weeks off between events as many have experienced. Everyone likes free money of course, but it makes training a lot harder and probably really agonzing. It's for a good cause, we probably upgraded/are upgrading close to 75 captains this Fall (Sept-Dec awards) -- I'm not going to look this up so I don't care if that's not accurate. Naturally that takes time availability and instructor resources away from new hires for a season. It's a common ebb and flow that every airline is dealing with right now. If you can wait a couple more months im sure it will all pan out for those waiting. If you can't wait, we all get it and its totally understandable. Just know that it seems every shop is dealing with the same challenges.

Just my 6 cents (I'm on captain pay now).