It's quite pathetic really. Other professional airline pilots can fly for FREE on other airlines other than their own. We can't even fly for free on our own airline. Further, not only can't we fly for free, but the staff travel charges are so exorbitant we might as well buy a full fare on another carrier. What's even more disgusting is how they have manipulated the system to once again show contempt to their pilots. They have lowered the cost of Y travel, but that generally was intended to benefit the local staff, as they mostly need to only travel around asia, and flying in Y is not that big a hardship. CX, knowing that most of the pilots are expats from countries much further away, are still being bludgeoned by outrageous J class fares, knowing that it's not viable for us to travel such long distances in Y class. Just another example of how CX is happy to show their pilots contempt at every possible turn. Disgusting.