Hire 1300 + (this number is rising every day) pilots from where and when will this hiring start? They announced a big hiring drive a year ago with big fanfare. Where are these pilots who are supposed to be replacing the ones leaving? Add the very high number of long term medical/stress leave individuals who are not coming back. Even if cathay hires all these 1300 pilots in one month, how long will it take for cathay to have them trained and flying? The best cathay training department has ever done is not much 100 direct entry pilots in one year. How long will the massive upsizing of the training department and how much massive spending take?
Back to the original subject of the thread, It's gotten so bad that even the hk govemment airport authority is panicing and openly courting/bribing outside airlines to come save the day. This is how obviously things are going for cathay. This is the reality of the moment, in the news already. Based on this announcement, hk govemment has decided cathay can't get it done. This has gone far beyond us arguing what a sh!hole airline employer cathay pacific has become and who else is more of a sh!thole employer airline around hk. The time for cathay to be ramped up ready to jump in is now and, sorry cannot. Why? Because sam ting wrong la... no pilots