My guess is because the Drone pipeline is so new, Naval Aviation Command will eventually develop its own training schools and in the meantime, they will use NIFE and possibly other SNA/SNFO schools to train the drone pilots which is unfortunate not only for the selected but us too. This is all my speculation, don't take it as law. My friend's exact text was "Apparently NIFE is going to be really backed up for a few weeks because they're allocating a bunch of classes solely for UAV pilots." This could explain the lack of spots on these next boards.