Vietnam Airlines seeks to recruit Bamboo Airways’ redundant pilots

Vietnam Airlines is drawing up a plan to assess and recruit redundant pilots of Bamboo Airways, Vietnam Airlines CEO Le Hong Ha said on the sidelines of a conference of the transport sector on Thursday. Local air carriers have been facing multiple difficulties over the past periods, with Bamboo Airways reporting a high number of redundant pilots after cutting its fleet. Earlier, a Bamboo Airways leader said many of its employees were laid off, including 100 pilots and 500 flight attendants. Budget carrier Vietjet has agreed to hire 50 flight attendants and 20 pilots from Bamboo Airways. Speaking at the conference of the transport sector, Vietnam Airlines chairman Dang Ngoc Hoa revealed many difficulties of airlines this year.