Emirates lifts recruitment ban on UL staff
SriLankan Airlines strategic partner and aviation giant Emirates has decided to lift its self-imposed recruitment ban on SriLankan staff following the crisis with the government of Sri Lanka, The Nation reliably learns.
According to aviation sources, Emirates had decided upon entering into its strategic agreement with the government in 1998 to refrain from inducting UL staff into its massive global staff, fearing it would hamper its own business interests in the Sri Lankan national carrier.
However, as of last week, Emirates began to approach senior SriLankan Airlines pilots and engineers, claiming that if any one of them were interested, the Dubai-based airline would welcome them with ‘open arms.’
Emirates which recruits more than 6000 pilots to fly nearly 200 aircraft, pays at least 30-40% more than SriLankan recruits are paid.
According to several senior pilots at SriLankan, with the recruitment ban lifted, Emirates can now poach the best and brightest of SriLankan pilots and engineers, leaving SriLankan strapped for expert staff to run the airline.
Already, SriLankan pilots have resigned en masse due to the prevailing instability at the airline and informed sources claimed that around 40% of the airline’s total quota of pilots could resign before the crisis ends. Source
According to aviation sources, Emirates had decided upon entering into its strategic agreement with the government in 1998 to refrain from inducting UL staff into its massive global staff, fearing it would hamper its own business interests in the Sri Lankan national carrier.
However, as of last week, Emirates began to approach senior SriLankan Airlines pilots and engineers, claiming that if any one of them were interested, the Dubai-based airline would welcome them with ‘open arms.’
Emirates which recruits more than 6000 pilots to fly nearly 200 aircraft, pays at least 30-40% more than SriLankan recruits are paid.
According to several senior pilots at SriLankan, with the recruitment ban lifted, Emirates can now poach the best and brightest of SriLankan pilots and engineers, leaving SriLankan strapped for expert staff to run the airline.
Already, SriLankan pilots have resigned en masse due to the prevailing instability at the airline and informed sources claimed that around 40% of the airline’s total quota of pilots could resign before the crisis ends. Source
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