withthatsaid182 i believe is based or was based there, he might have the best answer for you...what I've read here is because the increased flying in the northeast (~1000 hrs) and the JFK opening I heard they're keeping it open but not as big as before.
as far as the hiring goes, I had a buddy stop by a career fair at Riddle and they told him that were collecting resumes for a hiring pool that we already have and they said as early as march but probably by may.
but who knows tomorrow could be different