Originally Posted by
whitsunday
"Cathay wants right now is not what it wanted X years ago"
I tell you what Cathay wants right now. Cathay wants to recruit as many pilots as they can to replace the ones that have left, in the expanse of quality, because once the HK Government drops 0+3, they won't have the capacity to meet the demands, based on the current headcounts. If it wasn't those experienced pilots who have left the door, they WILL NOT relaunch the cadet scheme at this time. They could have easily called back the guys they fired years ago. Keep in mind, there are still loads of Second Officers sitting at home counting beans. SCMP/The Standard has even done a report on that.
So you are damn right. Before, they didn't have this problem, because those guys were still flying. No need to mess around their cadets. But now, they can't. Number 1, people are leaving at a historical rate. Number 2, foreigner pilots have no interest in coming to HK based on COS18/COS21. The only way to go around this is to lower the standard so that more people can get through the door in a short amount of time. And that's what we or the veterans have a problem with.
Just because you are giving someone opportunity does not mean you have to lower the standard. You can keep hiring people while maintaining the standard.
If not then everyone can get into Harvard or Oxford or Yales right?
Ridiculous.
Thank you for sharing mate. It's very interesting to hear what the vets have to say.
I just want to understand your position a bit more. In other words, the vets have hard feelings against both Cathay and the new guys because they feel like Cathay not only swept their legs out from underneath them with COS18/COS21, but also chopped their heads off while they were at it by electing to hire 1000 clowns to fly planes instead of rehiring from the currently existing pool of qualified pilots.
Furthermore, the vets also feel a sense of animosity towards the new guys, because not only are they willing to take a dog**** contract, thus proving to Cathay that they can away with cheap labour and 0 loyalty, but also that the new guys are diluting the skill/image/renown etc. etc. within the industry because they were not selected with the same rigour that they were.
Is this where you stand?