Couldn’t disagree more with slasher. The redundancy clause in the contract is only there to make you feel good. When push comes to shove and the company really needs or wants to remove pilots they have the Clause in the contract they’ll use. Sec 35, says they only need to give you 3 months notice. The threat of sign a new contract or take a pre determined buy out (probably 3 months salary) is very real.
For all of you on here who say the union will take the company to court for violating the contract you need to look at what happened just last summer. The company invoked sec 35 on multiple pilots for their personal view points on the political situation in Hong Kong. Where was the union in protecting them???
As for ARAPA the same will be true. I’ve already started to make arrangements as I know I won’t be receiving what I get now. I suspect it will be something closer to HKPA if we are Lucky. I’m trying to stay positive but let’s not kid ourselves. Cathay is not the type of company to miss an opportunity to slash costs.
I agree that any cuts should be temporary until the company returns to profitability. However I won’t be holding my breath on that one.
The salary for a pilot at Cathay will soon be no better than that of a LCC. HKE is the new target as is COS18. The future of the airline is locally employed pilots. Expats are no longer the desired demographic, and an extension to that I would say bases are doomed.
As for the political situation in HKG. I ask myself why would anyone want to come here. What was once a great country has been ruined by the supreme leader to the North.