Originally Posted by
AQIS Boigu
There will be no redundancies from the bottom.
Why get rid off the cheapest crew?
COS18 for all would be the great equalizer. 4 pay increments for Captains and 2 for FO. No ARAPA. All crew will be equally cheap. Bumping and conversion has to happen anyways with a fleet reduction of probably 30-40%. Wishful thinking that CX will cherry pick redundancies out of seniority might not happen. My guess, when the dust has settled the most junior CX pilot has a seniority number somewhere between 2200-2500.
A clear indication that redundancies will happen is that CX did not take the HKG government financial aid package which would have required CX to keep everyone employed until October.
And yes, closure of all bases could be a possibility.