That they have not pulled the plug completely on a training pipeline that is frankly not needed for several years is indicative of somebody somewhere trying to manage the chaotic situation that we are in. Timelines that everbody knows will come eventually are notable by their absence; unless of course there are many 'in the know' operating under a caveat of 'LimDis'.
Of course the concetina effect of that theory is that the shop floor are deliberately being kept in the dark whilst high level politics run their course. Not the best ethos for HR work relations, but good for multiple PPrune threads.
The Govt went public on the military being broken down and rebuilt with a target date of 2020 and nothing that I have seen or heard convinces me that this process is ahead of schedule. The dismantling process was choreographed to be completed by 2015 and therefore the 'pain' remains extant. The baseball bat in the face will come shortly after the withdrawl from Afghanistan unless someone can find another expedition to engage in to delay things a short while.
In summary, one cannot have overt foresight without an established timeline and it is quite possible that Manning are as much in the dark as everybody else.