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Southwest ad for flight crew draws a flood of applicants

October saw smallest fall in staff in 13 months - a sign employment in US airlines is stabilising

Published Tue, Dec 24, 2013 · 10:00 PM

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SOUTHWEST Airlines Co, which last hired flight attendants from outside the company in 2011, received applications at a rate of 80 a minute, amassing 10,000 resumes for 750 openings.

"It was the first time we did that in a while, and of course anytime we do it, it's like opening up the floodgates," chief executive officer Gary Kelly told employees in a weekly recorded message. "We knew it would be the same this time."

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