50k times 1000+ pilots that have left in 7 years is nice 50mil+ figure. Count in a cabin crew...say at 10k times 10000 that have left... engineering on top of that. Ignoring those numbers is arrogant. Above 3 groups are essential for the business. If a pilot/cc/eng does not show up for work unless immediate replacement is found the airplane will not fly. Office worker does not even has to call anybody, noting major will happen. This is what I see as a pilot...I bet at any department people will give examples of money bleeding away and there would be a manager dismissing it as a peanuts cost...add all those numbers and you will see the tremendous ignorance that is killing the EK's profits