He said "up to 5,000 applicants..."
Could be kids with dreams too.
We stated the shortage was global. The research supports a structural and demographic shortage. Australia is no different.
Airline management with their adversarial employment models will eventually change. In the interim it will be more of the same, Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.
The curtain has been pulled back. For the first time the paradigm favours the employee.
It is delicious irony that airlines are now finding themselves acknowledging a shortage in a skill set that every waking hour of their HR/IR structures is dedicated to denigrating.