Im sure they will adjust their recruitment plans accordingly even though its a good little fundraiser.
They cancelled all TRs last autumn and started them again in March/April. Despite popular belief they are not the recruitment behemoth thats very much popularised on here.
Although at the end of the day as Blackred rightfully says its about putting bums on seats, they are very aggressively sewing up the market by opening bases here there and everywhere.
I think it will be the end of 2010 whether it will be seen if it has payed off. Its a wee bit premature of the beak to be jumping predicting the end of the world for all FR FO's.
Its not like this deal fall through was highly unexpected, the warning signs have been around for a least a month. There was no way Boeing would do a deal just like 2001, which MOL was pressing for.