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A report on the cabin crew redundancies:
How many crew Qatar Airways is laying off While this is still subject to change, it’s my understanding that Qatar Airways will lay off over 5,000 of their 13,000+ cabin crew, including:
- 350 Cabin Service Directors
- 650 Cabin Seniors
- 2,000 First & Business Class Crew
- 2,200 Economy Class Crew
Those are some massive layoffs, and makes you wonder what exactly Qatar Airways’ fleet plans are, given what a modern fleet they have. It’s not like they have that many old planes to retire.
How Qatar Airways is going about layoffs At airlines with unions there’s typically a straightforward process for layoffs, as it’s ordinarily based on seniority. How is Qatar Airways handling layoffs, as a non-unionized airline?
As of now the plan is apparently to lay off the following:
- New crew that haven’t yet completed training
- Crew that have been at the airline for less than six months
- Crew that are currently outside of Qatar due to entry restrictions
- Crew that have been at the airline for 15+ years
https://onemileatatime.com/qatar-air...or-cabin-crew/
Obviously, without a union (and even with one under the British system) pilots may be laid off out of seniority order e.g. by seat and fleet and more expensive senior pilots may be the first to go in some cases.