Although 5,000 people may have enquired for this new QF venture with the hope of being a QF pilot, it's not that straight forward, a person needs to meet the medical
and educational requirements, be able to commit to a massive debt that won't disappear overnight and have the ability to pass all aspects of the theory and achieve the required flying standards,
within the allocated time frame.
It was just another sound bite for the ever dwindling readership of the mainstream media to reprint, let's them spend column width on something other than Domain adverts or Kim Kardashian tales...
They haven't turned a sod of earth, got an approval in place, a manual written just more words.
Just like JQ Hong Kong they rushed around with megaphone proclaiming they were gunna do this and that, when their application didn't even comply with the existing HK rules for Place of incorporation (Principal Place of Business) legislation.