PRT2010, whilst looking to avoid thread creep, the last time I checked, out of approximately 100 Captains at flydubai just 4% of them have prior experience of working with Astraeus, and out of approximately 100 F/O's at flydubai just 2% of them have prior experience of working with Astraeus. So an overall aggregate of just 3% of the flydubai pilot force, which is hardly "
A large proportion are ex Astraeus pilots inc HOT" as you put it and, fwiw, I think you'll find that HOT is Qatar B777.
Not a single pilot has come directly from Astraeus - which probably reflects something good about working for Astraeus?!