DALPA just agreed to a change in flying hours for M88 copilots. It looks like this increase will mean the hiring in the fall will now not happen. Rumor is that they did not want to hire pilots in the DALPA side when there will be a surplus on the NWA side that can be transferred over to fill the void after DCC. The waiver is for Jan, Feb and March would be about the time it would take to retrain NWA pilots on the Maddog after DCC. Waiting for more information from the union on why they would grant this concession and limit hiring.