Air Malta has embarked on a recruitment drive to employ pilots and cabin crew, a year after it shed hundreds of employees in a restructuring aimed at saving it from collapse. The national airline has advertised vacancies for first officers and cabin crew as well as ancillary jobs such as a ground operations technical support specialist, a ground handling contracts manager and a duty manager for airport operations. Sources close to Air Malta said the recruitment drive was intended to allow the airline to operate both its upcoming summer schedule and planned winter schedule. Air Malta is advertising the vacancies online. “There is no way the airline can operate all its planned flights without recruiting more staff,” an employee said on condition of anonymity. The airline is planning to recruit 30 new cabin crew. It is not known how many first officers are needed. In recent months, Air Malta has employed several part-time cabin crew to be able to operate its winter schedule. Sources said most were teachers who board a plane after their classroom duties and return to class the following morning. Airline's workforce halved to save wages Last year, Air Malta started shedding a...
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