Heard from a recruiter a few weeks ago—150 traditional applicants and 150 Aviate/UMPP, so about 300 total in the pool. Sounds like they’re planning to take on 200 in each of Oct/Nov/Dec, and around 2,000 next year.

The word is that most interviews moving forward will be for traditional applicants. Best shot at landing one seems to be through a CPO meet and greet or hitting multiple conferences.

Just passing along what I heard—not sure how much the recruiters are actually able to share.