Thai Airways cancels hiring of 200 flight attendants

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Thai Airways cancels hiring of 200 flight attendants 

By The Nation

 

President of Thai Airways, Sumeth Damrongchaitham

 

Thai Airways has called off the hiring of 200 flight attendants and will refund the application fee to applicants within one or two days, said President Sumeth Damrongchaitham, adding that the state carrier will issue an statement on the cancellation.

 

He said Transport Minister Saksiam Chidchob had suggested that the airline should re-train existing staff for services on all types of aircraft.

 

"We are looking at other options. It was suggested that we should upgrade cabin crew to the status of service crew through safety security standard training, but we have to consider that the number of staff on each aircraft should not be lower than the standard criteria,” he said.

 

“There is no short-term impact, but the company should explore options to manage crew members for flexibility in the long term,” he said.

 

He added that approximately 4,000 applicants had applied for the planned recruitment via the airline's website. 

 

“The company will refund Bt1,200 each to the 2,700 applicants who have paid the application fee. We will contact them via calls and email".

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30378311

 

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[Samuel Smith 1,439]

How generous of them, but why are they charging applicants to apply for a job in the first place?

[PatOngo 26,956]

That's exactly the standard of planning you'd expect from a cowboy outfit!

[Youlike 1,383]

8 minutes ago, Samuel Smith said:

How generous of them, but why are they charging applicants to apply for a job in the first place?

yes, 1200 baht application fee...what't that about? 

[overherebc 16,438]

2 minutes ago, Youlike said:

yes, 1200 baht application fee...what't that about? 

It's something I've never understood as well. Do they employ a recruitment agency and have to pay the agency a fee and then charge the 'hopeful' to recoup the money they pay the agency??

[ChipButty 5,346]

7 minutes ago, Youlike said:

yes, 1200 baht application fee...what't that about? 

Got to get funds from somewhere

[trainman34014 11,515]

Oh dear; that's 200 Niece's, Sisters, Aunties and Mia Noi's who are got going to get on the gravy train, both they and their family's are going to be very disappointed !

Edited November 13 by trainman34014

[PatOngo 26,956]

13 minutes ago, Youlike said:

yes, 1200 baht application fee...what't that about? 

Debt relief...………...…….gone horribly wrong!

[Number 6 1,630]

555 no idea what they're doing.

 

Just kill it in the bath.

[tso310 781]

As I have posted on other Thai threads, the airline compared to other airlines like Singapore and EVA is about 40% over manned. This is just a drop in the ocean.

[shady86 2,510]

Does the applicants get refunded if they are not hired? Sounds like scam from a desperate company. 

[Scot123 1,514]

And they keep a straight face as if it's all normal to demand payment to apply or for a teacher once paid to then go into the principal one after another to hand over a few hundred baht each or bidding for transfers or promotions (non refundable). Welcome to Thailand. 

[Matzzon 4,806]

10 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Oh dear; that's 200 Niece's, Sisters, Aunties and Mia Noi's who are got going to get on the gravy train, both they and their family's are going to be very disappointed !

Gravy Train? Hmm... have you read any news in the past about Thai Airlines?

[ezzra 33,993]

Akin to a captain hiring more deckhands while the ship is sinking...

[JAG 23,346]

11 hours ago, Samuel Smith said:

How generous of them, but why are they charging applicants to apply for a job in the first place?

 

11 hours ago, Youlike said:

yes, 1200 baht application fee...what't that about? 

 

11 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Got to get funds from somewhere

I should imagine that payment is the first (and only formally accounted for) down payment in many which would be required to get this job!