That was what the liars said Float, but they are/were still hiring and had pilots undergoing training at the time. Blatant discrimination.
I'm not sure why they are still hiring tho, just more redundancy payouts to make when they go down the gurgler in a few months.
Noteworthy that Hainan have now applied for Government handouts, no doubt partially due to the millions they have been flushing down the toilet with HKA.