Kapitan L, if the original poster is correct, then it could indeed this time be different than the usual moaning on here.
There are clear indications that the employment market has turned. The biggest market (north america) is sucking in pilots in the thousands, the chinese already pay serious dosh, ryanair is offering direct employment, a lot of carriers are traveling the world with roadshows (funnily enough in each others homegarden, e.g. EK in London and BA in DXB) plus oil is getting cheaper and cheaper.