As
bodies from downed Flight MH17 were brought home last week, a group of Malaysia
Airlines (MASM.KL) flight attendants, in black mourning headscarves contrasting
with their pink and turquoise uniforms, sobbed and clung to each other in
grief.
The
19,500 staff of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) now face a new ordeal - a quarter of
them may lose their jobs at the unprofitable airline, hit by two jet disasters
this year. Flight MH370 remains untraced since its disappearance en route from
Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March.
Deep
job losses, route cuts and a change of leadership are expected to feature in a
restructuring plan being prepared by Malaysia's government for announcement as
early as
