When i started in Nov 2010, they told us 1st day of class that we would probably be the last bunch of new hires for awhile.
They ended up continuing to hire.
I think someone is spinning a hire/dont hire wheel in an office somewhere at every airline.
Then again, i've been off for a few days in a row, maybe when i'm back at work sunday there will be news.
But based on what i heard in recurrent last week-they were still picking people out of the pool and starting classes in addition to building the pool.