As of the moment globally there are about 300,000 professional pilots out of a global population of what 6 Billion??
Thats .05% of the global population
EK NEEDS 900 guys now and probably 5000 pilots total when all the aircraft are delivered.
Now what is the UAE Emirati population, 200,000? So that would be 2.5% of the whole UAE Local population when all the Jets are here.
Want and achievable NOT the same thing.
Gulf News..............nearly as good as the Daily Mail