EasyJet Will Pay Cabin Crew a £1,000 Bonus if They Don’t Quit During The Busy Summer Season

If cabin crew don't quit during the busy summer season, easyJet will pay them a bonus. The bonus is believed to be an attempt to head off a potential staffing crisis that has already hit other carriers.

The aviation industry is struggling to recruit and retain staff to keep up with the surge in travel demand and easyJet is hoping to reach near pre-pandemic levels of flying this summer.

If EasyJet can stem the rate at which workers are handing in their resignations, it will be able to cope with forecast demand. Many airline workers feel like a change of career direction since the start of the Pandemic.

easyJet will switch to its less frenetic winter schedule once October arrives.

The cabin crew of easyJet will be paid a recognition payment at the end of the summer season to recognise their contribution to the operation this summer, which is expected to be back to near 2019.

British Airways is offering a golden handshake to job seekers who apply for certain in-demand jobs. British Airways has admitted that it is hard to find ground service workers and cabin crew at its London base.

Although there is a lot of interest in cabin crew roles, BA has focused its bonus scheme on candidates who have passed security vetting processes and already hold an airport pass that gives them the right to go into the secure area.

Most of British Airways' recruitment problems are the result of referencing delays.

Last week, easyJet admitted that it was removing seats from some aircraft so that it could fly with fewer cabin crew. A row of six seats will be removed from a plane so that they can operate with three cabin crew.

European regulations require a member of cabin crew for every 50 seats or part of the plane, which is why EasyJet's A319s are in a 156 seat configuration.

To get around the regulations, the seats have to be removed.

As an international flight attendant, Maszczynski worked for the most prominent airline in the Middle East and has been flying for a well-known European airline during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Matt is an expert in passenger experience and human-centered stories. Constantly keeping an ear close to the ground, Matt's industry insights, analysis and news coverage is often relied upon by some of the biggest names in journalism.