babysandbox
after spending nearly a decade in this airline, YES i do have access to the exact numbers.
as for people not showing for interviews, this is nothing new. I can recall back around 2004 and after, people accepted and passed the interview, sent joining tickets and contracts did not show at the airport. some days it was a 100% no show. 18 people call for interview and only 2 show up, it's all nothing new mate. and we are still growing and still flying. How we do it, i'm not quite sure but the fact remains that due to the personal sacrifice of all of us the job gets done.. leave days taken away, I can recall years ago many of us did not get your annual leave at all. Spent many off days outside Doha, over time taken away, flying maximum hrs per year and per month.. the list goes on and on. we loose on yearly average of 4 pilots per month and 60 Cabin Crew per month (that is an actually yearly average).
we have almost 1500 pilots and just over 4700 Cabin Crew. I know for a fact officially we did NOT loose 700 last month… The myth is busted mate.
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