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Old 29th Jul 2019, 21:32
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Flex88
 
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Fabricated ??

Originally Posted by Cpt. Underpants
The upgrade time from SO to JFO is currently about 4½ years. It's projected to go to somewhere near 7 years.
The tranche of pilots resigning are primarily senior FO's with marketable hours. There are some captains leaving too, as well as SO's.
More sectors are being planned with a CN/SFO/SO/SO compliment which is increasing the need for SO's, and decreasing the number of FO's to make up crew numbers.
STW would lead you to believe CX is Nirvana.. He is naive, at best.. Myself, I simply don't like seeing persons go broke slowly drip, drip, drip. If you decide to have a family, and have accepted POS18, this will hasten the pace..

All this "up to 7 years" as C Underpants indicates is speculative at best. No mention has been made of the addition of HK Express and its impact. My guess, this will extend upgrade times (they will offload routes to the cheaper airline) by xxx years and additionally radically change any "upgrade progression" BS CX and others have so far expounded !!

The gloves are off and CX is swinging. Enjoy.

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