Something does not add up in this story. But you cannot expect the local media to ask difficult questions of their beloved airline.
The head of HR noted that "right now we have over 75,000 employees in Dubai and around the world."
In addition "Emirates said that the new recruits will increase its head count by 6 per cent by March 2016."
A 6% increase in staff numbers is a net increase of just 4,500 people. Which, if they are hiring 11,000 means that they expect 6.500 to leave (8.7% of the current workforce).
So the real story here may be that EK is losing 18 staff every day.