Had a recent and rather revealing conversation with a person heavily involved in the recruitment effort currently taking place at EK. "MM we are seeing neither the quality nor numbers that we need, at this rate due to the number of resignations and those working notice, there will be a contraction in the number of crew this year"
"As of this week we needed xxx number of pilots, and at the moment we have achieved about 10% of what we need"
This person also went on to explain that despite protestations made to those up above, there has been no acknowledgement or seeming recognition of this growing shortage. The words Gulf Air were mentioned as a description.
It was very very enlightening to say the least as this person up until very recently was what others would have described as a kool-aid drinker.