Originally Posted by
minglestar
How dare you expat pilots wish ill will
towards HK people and the elderly especially, so that cases-hospitalization-deaths would increase. You expat guys and gals want the COVID to spare like wild fire in HK and overwhelm the health care system and forces the government to open up travel again and relax the prevention measures. Which you think return back to pre-COVID high pay and lifestyle. You expats want the locals to suffer for your own benefits. What an evil, selfish and narcissistic bunch.
COVID-zero policy and strict measures had kept HK and China safe over the past 2 years. No point to abandon it so that foreigners can profit from the relaxation, either via pay or lifestyle. You live in HK , you are subjugated to the laws of HK. If you don’t like it, please leave. No one is holding you back, except your inner-self knowing you will not get back the same job, pay, lifestyle in your home country as you are currently enjoying in HK.
All the talks of a mass exodus of expat pilots are just that - talks. All talks and no action. Please do leave HK, there are 100 others in the line up to fill any position you are vacating. There will be no pilot storage; it is delusional myth invented by the pilots. Everyone knows it, despite all the downward trend in compensation and perceived lack of the freedom in HK, CX is still one of the better gigs out there. HK has wonderful lifestyle that’s attractive to young single guys and gals from world over. As long as you are not being political, HK is a great place and lots to offer for young expats. (And why would outsiders want to come to HK and be political and stir up trouble. You are a guest in HK , so know your role and don’t cause trouble. The fight for political freedom are HK’ers fight; don’t need interference from foreigners.) These young single expat pilots are ready and willing to take your job at any moment’s notice. Yet you are here complaining the job , company , and the city.
I don't think anyone is wishing ill towards HK people, and don't forget we are HK people as well. We live here legally, often own property and pax taxes, where we were born should not matter.
Don't succumb to racism.
No-one wants to have the healthcare system overwhelmed or anyone to suffer, but the (in)actions of the government cause this to occur due to their inability to persuade the elderly, who are most at risk, to vaccinate. The government did not act.
You can not keep a city locked isolated like an island forever and expats, as tax paying residents, have a right to ask for what they want.
Covid zero policy has delayed exposure to the virus and kept the city safe for the duration, but this extra time was squandered by inaction.
We would have come out like roses if this time was used to get the elderly an vulnerable vaccinated, but there was little effective action.
Now we find ourselves actually at a disadvantage, because we are still now dealing with a covid-19 outbreak, as many other countries are lifting restrictions.
Opportunity missed.
'If you don't like it, leave' - Many are leaving or have left, but people have a right to complain so they will take that option instead. You don't get to say what people can and can't do.
You must not be an insider, as anyone in the company will know that there has been a mass exodus.
We are not "guests" in Hong Kong, we are tax paying residents with rights and opinions.