I’m a little surprised they didn’t give you the picture about what’s transpired since June and what’s planned for next year. That info has been shared with the current pilots on property. Thus my surprise as to why they didn’t give the info in your briefing before interviewing on day 1.

The nutshell:

We suddenly became overstaffed due to “efficiencies” the company found in creating our trips. That reduced our need to hire by several hundred pilots this year alone.

The last plan that’s been publicized to the pilots consists of smaller classes totaling about 280 pilots before Summer ‘19. After another break for the peak summer flying, they plan to go back to 90-100/month indefinitely.

Again, that’s the latest I’ve heard of the hiring plan.