The sceptic in me says that they'll artifically drop the hold pool number knowing EZY or somesuch will take on a few cadets even though they haven't started yet (Technically they're placed and thus not in the hold sea). When they're finished they go back into the hold pool...It's all statistics at the end of the day. Don't read too much into them, that's still 80 people in front of you that want a job.