Interesting, none of the instructors have ever mentioned basics coming back to the academy. It makes more sense to just fully go online though, you can theoretically fit unlimited students into one basics class and skip paying per diem to the students while also cutting down the number of instructors.
Literally everyone wins if it goes online, students stay home instead of being at OKC, less facilities/money is spent on the FAA side, and there's no chance of COVID.
Costs less money, manpower, and resources for the FAA while not messing with recruitment numbers.