For all those guys in here salivating at the prospect the bases will be cut and they will slide up the ASL consider this,
Oz based crew will be on standown for 6 months minimum. Including lost superannuation, plus what the Australian Govt contribute in jobkeeper Cx are only paying us about 35% ( 65% pay cut ) of our normal monthly income.....35%......and that 35% obviously DOESN'T include any expat benefits.....which you guys get on top.........so just imagine for a minute how much cheaper we are than a HK crew member to have hanging around waiting. Yes some of you in HK are fortunate to be flying once a month....... but you certainly ain’t close to being productive.
It basically costs them very little to have experienced crews waiting on the books for an upturn which will come, this is a marathon not a sprint.
Maybe some of you wish you were on a base now?
So can we please just cutout the bs and learn to help each other.......in fighting does not help our situation.
We are indeed lucky we work for Cathay Pacific under these circumstances.......There’s a lot of not so lucky Pilots in the World right now.
Last edited by ACMS; 23rd Jul 2020 at 13:44.