Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
Cathay Pacific, Ryanair, CityJet...
Well, as I said, Ryanair and CityJet are in the EU, whcih is sort of a special case as they've managed to blur the distinction of "country" pretty extensively. Are all Cathay flight crew employees of Cathay? I haven't paid a lot of attention, but as I recall when i had some acquaintances who were interviewing "with Cathay" they were actually interviewing with some US company. I was never completely clear of the exact relationship but was under the impression that the crews were actually contract crews ... much as my buddy who used to be a whale FE "for JAL" was actually employed by some company other than Japan Airlines.