From Bloomberg:
US Airways Spurs Job Rush as 16,500 Vie for 450 Vacancies
US Airways Group Inc, the carrier seeking to merge with AMR Corp's American Airlines, received more than 16,500 applications for 450 flight attendant positions in its biggest hiring push for the job since 2010.
About 700 applicants have advanced to the interview stage and 240 offers have been made, US Airways said yesterday in its weekly employee newsletter. The influx echoes the rush for flight-attendant jobs at Delta Air Lines Inc, which said last month that its 300 openings attracted 22,000 candidates.
And as the article says:
"It's not your dream job but it's a job," Chaison, who is based in Worcester, Massachusetts, said in a telephone interview. "Particularly when there are so many people graduating from colleges who are having difficulty finding jobs, the flight attendants position is suddenly looking very nice. You travel. It's exotic."
So US Airwaws got 16,500 applicants for 450 positions -- thats a ratio of over one in 36. Delta was over one in 73. Times are tough...