I've even heard 300 or 400 pilots, mostly for attrition and "possible" growth. Obviously, no announcements have been made so far on what the possible growth entails.

As far as "growing in these tough times", Comair is really just playing catch-up to all the other Regionals. The "good times hiring spurt" everyone else just experienced is just now getting to Comair.

And even 400 new pilots won't bring Comair back up to their 2005 (pre-bankruptcy) staffing levels.