Yaks,
I heard in class yesterday that hiring will continue through out the year. The pool is getting drained little by little every month or so. They have a class of Up-grade, transition, or new hire about every two weeks until fall. The biggest thing holding calls for new hires is sim time. The sims are almost maxed out, working about 20 hrs a day.
I was told maybe one or two more 73 classes then no more will be going to the 73. In class with 5 new hires and the next class starts monday with 5 more.