And for that - pilots will be needed. Where is EK going to get 1000 Airbus pilots willing and able to fly the $50bn parked assets? How long in advance will they need to start calling ppl back?
Assuming the pre Covid hiring rate of about 450 a year minus those who are eagerly can’t wait to return to EK my guess application will be open no later than somewhere between January 21 to April 21 - of course with very different T&Cs plus for those are here still flying very hard times in terms of roasters to bridge the roughly 900 missing pilots in 1,5 years to be hired, trained and sent to the line plus required upgrades.
All of that if STC is right having 100% A380 in April 22