I the long term the same amount of pilots will need to be hired, maybe even more as some pilots will leave due to stagnation and/or we might get a sweet deal from Boeing on more MAXs. It is a relief that no more pilots will be hiring the line for awhile since we are currently shrinking capacity.

I think the one reason hiring continued for so long was that training capacity was limited, they can't just stop hiring then push new hires through at a higher rate when the MAX comes back. Apparently the company believes that when all MAXs are back on property we will be slightly understaffed.

What will be telling will be what happens with instructor hiring...with additional MAX sims and additional instructors, training capacity will be increased.