"Sadly for you, your dream of those idiot cadets crashing planes left and right, and CX coming crawling back to expats begging them to come back with full housing and save the airline from imminent doom, is going to remain exactly that, a dream."
I agree. Cadets, who have been selected on the basis of aptitude for the role, are surely as safe if not safer than the self funded pilots who gained experience on pay to fly schemes before joining CX.
The reality is, expat pilots are not wanted. The company have ensured that,
you cannot afford to rent or buy unless you are local,
you cannot afford to school your children unless you are local,
you cannot afford the medical costs if your family become sick.
Second and first officers now face 15+ years on a 2 point pay scale before maybe, just maybe having a shot at the left hand seat of an A320 flying into mainland china, day in, day out.
I know there are not any flying options out there, but there are better alternatives for every expat existing in hong kong.
Last edited by cabbages; 30th Oct 2020 at 14:20.