Air Arabia is increasing all of their bond lengths as one way to make sure that they keep their pilots! They are having a hard time getting enough pilots, with moral at a new low, lower pay than the other carriers in the region and all pilots going to the legal max hours. That along with no basic pay increase since the start and no real overtime pay.
The latest from the chief pilot is some leave for December will be cancelled as not enough pilots and many of those hired are not showing up. On top of that, they could not plan for the full month so they issued rosters only for the first 15 days!