Qatar Airways Poaches 20 KQ Engineers WIth Massive Offer

Just as it was planning to lay off 600 workers by May, Kenya Airways has been hit with a massive loss of specialized man power.

After its record 25.7 billion loss, the airline resorted to stringent cost cutting measures and this culminated with the decision to lay off 600 workers come May this year. However, the management had not envisioned it will be losing a crucial part of its workforce to a competitor especially given the training it invested in them.

It is said the move from Qatar Airways happened when they loaned an engineer from KQ who proceeded to solve the mechanical problem in just an hour whereas the usual Qatar Airways engineers usually do it in about 5 hours.

This proficiency along with the specialization of the engineer led to the approach by the Airline to approach 20 of KQ’s best engineers with an offer to triple their already high salaries. Lamenting the potential loss, KQ HR officer Alban Mwenda said it is a usual occurrence especially given that the Arab airlines are on an expansion and the highly trained KQ staff is in high demand.