Originally Posted by
BalloonBuster
FYI, everybody on the bases is paying full HK tax. Some also pay tax on top of that in their place of residence, depending on DTA.
Ballon Buster you may wish to check facts before making an off the cuff statement about “everybody....full HK tax” and stating it as a fact.
Unfortunately you are wrong in the above statement.
In many base jurisdictions, I believe crew claim a partial exemption from full HK tax, and that HK tax that is paid, is then deducted from their own countries tax liability. That said, there may be some (Kiwis spring to mind) to whom paying full HK tax is beneficial, in order to have no NZ tax levied.
However, whilst the tax issue is somewhat irrelevant in whether a base remains or closes, or whether crew are left on their contracts, or “agree under duress” for even greater pay concessions, or perhaps in the Australian case simply kept on “Stand Down” and put on on zero pay, the Company will no doubt already know in fine detail what they will do with the bases.
Based crew at 777 ports it seems would be most at risk of base closure.
Australian Airbus crew who could be kept on, but put on zero pay according to Australian Employment Legislation seem at least risk, with all other bases somewhere in between.
Whatever it will be, crew who are HK or overseas based will have ZERO input at all in the CX decisions. There is therefore little point fretting about it, other than going through your own “what if ...” scenarios so when the base review decision is communicated to you, that you are not surprised.