there are significant recruitment plans for 744 pilots as of about two days ago. If they are going to park 10% of the fleet you'd think somebody would have told Flight Ops
I believe most of the recruitment onto the 744 is to make up for headcount reduction due to the part-timers getting their contracts (at last). Of course, if they do shrink the fleet then fewer pilots will be required but whoever heard of Flight Ops being kept in the loop with changes
