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KLM recruits pilots for down-to-earth duties

By Michael Steen in Amsterdam

Published: June 9 2009 19:38 | Last updated: June 9 2009 19:38

KLM passengers unlucky enough to lose their bags could find themselves remonstrating with some highly paid ground staff following an appeal by the airline for its pilots to take menial airport shifts.

As it deals with a slump in international air travel, the Dutch arm of the Air France-KLM group has come up with an innovative way of balancing a payroll full of under-employed pilots with the seasonal need for more ground staff.

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