If we read a little bit between the lines and use the numbers Emirates provides us with, we can conclude that at least 20% of the cabin crew is leaving this year.
1000 new employees of which about half are cabin crew: 5500 new CC.
19000 cabin crew currently, which is about 80 per aircraft.
20 new aircraft, so without phasing out any aircraft, that's about 1600 new CC positions needed.
5500-1600 = 3900 CC positions available to replace CC that left during the year.
3900 of a total of 19000 is just over 20%, and that is without the phasing out of some A330's and B777 taken into account.
The funny thing is, in a similar
article for Khaleej Times a few days ago, the last paragraph says: 'More than anything, these facts illustrate the type of employer we are'
Well, actually, if I look at these numbers, it does show what kind of employer EK is, but probably not in the sense that they think they are...