PC767,
Your detective skills have not failed you! But, I do not live in a cupboard in the CRC! I do appreciate your support about HF14 though!
Betty Girl,
I agree with your comment about cannon fodder.
When you talk about recruiting "the best" it is not as easy as that. Are you saying that cabin crew at other airlines are all rubbish? There is a vast difference between the best 10, 100, 1,000. The recruitment indicators and process is set to achieve the required goal. Did all of the redeployed crew go through the full selection procedure?!
The criteria for permanet crew needs to be tougher than for temps because it is easier to get rid of an under performing temp - you just don't renew their contract.