Originally Posted by
kahaha
Rose tinted spectacles alert !
Elite? C'mon, working out in the far east, when HK was a dirty, down trodden colony?
Choice of every pilot? Not true, it was the choice some pilots had to make after failing to secure employment with their national airline. Or were ejected from the military, and called up their squadron mates.
Back in the '80s was the hey day of legacy pay in Europe. BA Captains lived very well, thank you. No need to sweat it out in HK.
For any pilot who wanted to work outside their home country CX WAS the airline of choice. Outfits like Gulf Air and Saudia recruited but you always put your application in to CX just incase your number got called up. No failed military pilots in CX. Red Arrows leaders and Faulkland War heros maybe. In the 1980's there was one American pilot in the company, the vast majoity came from UK and Australia and a few refugees from SA. I sense in your reply that you were one of those who applied and got rejected, hence the sour grapes. But we were the elite and proud to be so.
Your referal to HKG as dirty and down trodden in the 1980's is totally false. It was the jewel in the SE Asia crown. Sorry you didn't get in when you first applied. Perhaps you had to wait until the standards dropped by which time the elite status had faded.