Why Hire?
12 in December only?
Maybe they pulled my suggestion out of the box that said they should utilse their current resources better.
Make the currently employed pilots work more.
Let them drink all the milk they want.
Legally they can fly 1000hrs per year. They are overpaid, and under utilized at the moment. Boredom is not good for currency levels...
Fire the ones that cannot hack the pace and then employ pilots that want to fly, more and for less.
Maybe then the profit margins will go up!