Saudia denies recent recruitment of foreign pilots

"The airlines has not made any contract with new pilots of any nationality over the past five years," Assistant Director General of Public Relations at Saudi Arabian Airlines Abdullah Al-Ajhar said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency on Friday.
He added that the three pilots have been working in the Boeing 747 fleet for more than 10 years and there is no truth in reports that they have been undergoing English-language programs because they are originally English speakers and some of them have American citizenship, he said.
The number of Saudi pilots working in the airlines exceeds 90 percent.
He pointed out that the percentage is the highest level of national pilots working for any airline in the region.