Hello,
I wouldn't be surprised if they are indeed putting a freeze on starting any new-hire classes for a short period of time. The freeze is a function of training throughput. At the moment, we don't have enough instructors, check airman, APDs to keep the schoolhouse operating at the rate required to keep classes running.
The company is taking measures to correct this by hiring more ground instructors and bringing more line-qualified pilots into the schoolhouse as part-time instructors as well. The manning plan for the company is still on-track to add another 90 or so pilots by the end of the second quarter of FY-2011.
Regards,
ex-Navy Rotorhead