Hello Iver,
1 Airbus is expected to leave this year, the other one next year.
Reasons why people apply to a certain job are always different, some like money,others the Aircraft type or route network etc...
For Privatair it is the so called "Lifestyle". If you see a normal month with 4 rotations with 3 days per rotaion you come to 12days working, the rest is OFF and STBY(But there is only an AVAIL system, meaning they call you at least a day before, so Privatair has NO! 60 min STBY like other airlines.
90% of the Pilots commute, wich is totally accepted by the company.
Destinations are fantastic: Dubai, New York, Houston, Pune(India), Boston(comming) and other new seasonal destinations are comming.
So to compare a LCC job, like eg Air Berlin, where you fly 5-6 days in a row, 3-4legs a day, than 36hours off, then again 5 days. 60min stby dutys, lower salary.. its up top everyone self. On the other hand you have no Jetlag, more routes, every night at home.
There are many reasons to join and also many not to join, but right now they donīt have problems finding people.
Cheers, K