Originally Posted by
cxorcist
I’ll add to Slasher’s comments that CX has a functioning and viable mechanism to defray the very high cost of living in Hong Kong, overseas bases. Sadly, the company views these as recruitment and retention tools (carrots) more than cost reduction. The pilots on bases receive no expat allowances because the cost of living is generally much lower on bases than in HK. Nevertheless, CX hates bases because they have to comply with local labour laws. They’d rather put downward pressure on wages and work rules in Hong Kong where the laws don’t protect employees particularly well. It’s a sad state of affairs which is causal to a very demoralized and angry pilot group at CX.
And one only has to look at the pent-up demand that is backlogged with the current base openings and do some rough calculations to see that with the current prospectus’s for openings, it’ll still be YEARS before anyone but the most senior get a base. Over 100 requests for 5 openings in LAX,
more than that for YVR. There’s no meaningful openings. And there won’t be more that make a dent in the desire for most to be out of HKG. For 95% of Pilot’s that want a base, this current opening was no more than a demoralizing awareness that most will NEVER be on a base.
Time to Flee.