If they really need pilots before integration is complete, I'd bet my paycheck on a LOA to bring back furloughed people early. No way a new hire would go before ~400 furloughed pilots. By the time a new hire made it through training, integration would be complete and they'd hit the street. That would be huge waste of the money, and if theres one thing RAH is good at its cutting the fat.

As far as this memo, it mentioned potential growth in 2010. That could be 10 months from now.