I think that this is mainly driven by the seat changes with the Freedom Air/Air NZ mainline merger as these are all internal positions. The B744 seats however are not (A320 driven that is).

We are still short on the B777 and I understand also on the A320, so when this all comes out in the wash we should see a fair bit of outside hiring again. That said, the hiring from outside has not really subsided until now anyway, so it all looks pretty good. I don't think we have seen any attrition as of late, and it will stay that way until these guy's start deciding that there is a life after Air NZ, at which time there will likely be a huge amount of turn-over (I think that something around 40-50% of the pilots are at least pushing 55, if not older).

There it is then.