Be patient, Qantas had planned have eight A380 aircraft operating on the LHR and LAX routes by the end of this year. But since the fleet was grounded, there are now only 5 operational, and only 3 flying at any one time due to regular checks now required after a certain amount of flying hours. The planned increase in base size would have been decided before the A380 problems, so now they would be putting recruitment on hold until the A380 fleet is fully operational.