Chennai: Despite aviation industry adding capacities year after year, hiring has declined by 80 per cent between 2014 and 2018. While the cabin crew has become leaner over these years, non-availability of required skills locally also seems to have adversely affected hiring.
According to the data with job portal Indeed, in the last five years— between January 2014 and December 2018—job postings for flight attendant roles saw an overall drop of 80 per cent, with the decline being the steepest in 2017-2018 at 88 per cent.
