Can't see how they'll get anyone at all.
AAR stated in that 'meeting' that manning levels are correct and pilots are going to be flying max hours - period?
So where are the commanders with long haul experience who will join knowing that AND be prepared to live in the middle east...?
The only guys I could see applying would be those FROM the middle east and they all already fly in the ME3.
I refuse to believe anyone in top management is unaware of the current problems. Maybe they just like a joke or two...