The horse may say something, but both the horse and what he says changes by the day.
If people are needed, they will be hired, if not they won't be. Right now, the only people needed are cadet willing (and stupid enough) to pay for a job that will involve little flying as the cutbacks continue. Aeroplanes are grounded, the next results will be disastrous. FR simply do not need more pilots as the cut backs in the flying programme accelerate.