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Air Profit
Expect more such headlines in the years to come. Sad decline of a once great company. Greed and malfeasance have brought us to the point of no return. The end result will be tragic.
Cathay will be a case study of "you get what you pay for". The erosion of experience has been largely masked by a cadre of very senior Captains but they are quickly fading in to retirement. Manually flying an aircraft for three or four minutes a month doesn't maintain the skills of a 20 year pilot and it certainty doesn't develop the skills of a 130hr cadet. Unfortunately, CX has chosen to put profit ahead of experience.