Today CV have 14 a/c and 370 pilots (about), and they need more pilots to cover current ops with 14 a/c.
I hear that in five six seven years they will have 25 a/c and 600 pilots. Next year, and the years to come, will at least 30 pilots join per year.
The ten options of 747-8 I hear are now firm orders as well, so from 2009 20 747-8 are coming, plus they will keep some of the "old" -400's, of which two more is on their way, one in July '07 and the last one in January '08.
But changes happen all the time...
/jungleland