"Wake up EK - why don't you try to keep the experience guys here! Keep the senior guys happy, as a start getting seniority reinstated in the bid system, that might stop them leaving then you can start trying to increase numbers! Simple!"
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- Increase the salaries dramatically of guys that are here, give them a few perks, follow through on empty promises, stop purposely trying to fail them in the sim or refuse swaps that are perfectly legal , give them their bid choices, give them their LEAVE- even if it means cancelling a few flights - THEN - word gets out on the street that EK is paying well, looking after their guys, and people start coming here. Then no pilot shortage. Seriously not rocket science. The amount spent (actually a lot is cost neutral anyway) is a pittance compared to the turnover they are dealing with, not to mention the cost of the next accident resulting from ridiculous fatigue. Sheik M needs to remove the clearly pilot hating poison from management, or this airline is doomed.