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Do you think the upgrade time will actually increase to 6-8 years ? Carriers all around the world are ordering extra planes, those need to be filled with crews.
Most of CX’s orders are replacements of older aircraft, i.e. B744, A343, older A333 and older B777. In the last 18 years upgrade times for SO's has only got worse, even during times of expansion.
Yes they might employ DEFO's but when the demand gets high will they not upgrade SO's faster too ? There might be a pilot shortage in the next decadeh
If the demand gets high it is even more reason for CX to hire DEFO’s. CX is sector limited in its training, i.e. they don’t have enough flights to do all the training they would like. Hiring DEFO’s halves the number of training sectors required to fill the seats, one DEFO course as opposed to an upgrade of an SO to JFO and an induction course for a new SO to replace him.
Is it possible Not work from HK base / plans for opening any other basis ?
Please read my post at #3264. Simple answer is no.
Do you think the BA cadet program is better, or what would you consider a good alternative ?
I couldn’t make a comment on the BA cadet scheme as I am unfamiliar with it.