It was a painful year for many Aviation workers including Cabin crews, who saw themselves fired as pandemic killed air travel. There were many inflight emotional moments for cabin crews doing their last flight, after being fired.
But, the firing trend seems to take a break , follwed by efforts of hiring back lost staffs by airlines, as they sense strong travel demands in upcoming months.
Southwest is no different, as the airline is planning to restart hiring flight attendants , ramp agents and other ground staffs in the coming weeks, according to a memo to cabin crews. However, it is not clear, how many cabin crews are getting hired by the Dallas based carrier.
Other American carriers like Delta , United and American have already started the process of hiring pilots later in the year, to meet the travel demands arising from successful vaccination drive in the country.
Southwest has planned to recall flight attendants who took temporary leave, at the company’s urging, by next month.
“In order to support future operational needs, all Flight Attendants have been recalled to work effective June 1, and we will need to hire Flight Attendants in the immediate future,” said the staff note.
Southwest has begun reaching out to candidates who had conditional job offers due to pandemic, to create a pool ,
“We are happy to share that the majority of these candidates are still interested in joining our Inflight Family, and this helps us start to rebuild a pool of candidates,” said the memo.
