Airline hires temps to fill plane

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This airline could not get enough people to fly with them and the solution to that is to pay people to fly with them. Forget about low fare carriers. This one actually pays you to fly! Flybe was narrowly falling short of a target to deliver at least 15,000 passengers on the Dublin-Norwich route in the 12 months ending on Monday, which meant it would have to forego a 280,000 pound ($550,000) rebate from the airport. After the airport rejected a request for a partial rebate for almost hitting the target, Flybe hired 172 temps for 30-40 pounds each, plus a free bar and in-flight entertainment, though it admitted "it probably sounds like an early April fool." Would you grab that offer if it is made available at your area? I know I would.