The mil leave doesn't really play into the hiring requirements. I am pretty sure they man based on knowing that percentage of guys are on mil leave at any one time. Especially with as high of a percentage of active military folks that we have. Bringing all of them back doesn't help the fact that we are 80-90 short in the 727 SO seat alone.

We are in desperate need of pilots, period. Add unexpected retirements in and we have ourselves a mini hiring boom in 2011.