Wow…
I'm no longer in CX mainly due to the pay cut but I can't recall it being 74% for me at CN 4. I'm not defending CX by any means but the presumptions you make are not correct. I have many friends living in condos fully paid off much bigger than 800 sq ft. I myself had a place paid off which was around 1400 sq ft. I was well above threshold nearly every month and I didn't have to fly 106 hours as you mention. I needed to do about 70 to earn the same as my previous contract.
- How many loops did you do to get above the threshold (unless you were on the 747)?
- So how many young B scalers and C scalers have got a place paid off suitable for a family? Not a single one I have flown with recently
Many of my friends who have remained in HK own their condos outright. Yes I left due to the pay cut, my contract was decimated and changed to "policy" but I do not judge my peers who stayed. We all have various reasons for big life decisions that we make and no one is right or wrong.
- Your friends must be all in the top 300 of the seniority list, definitely not a benchmark for the average CX pilot
As I have said, I am not defending CX but merely pointing out to you facts. IMHO, the only real way to make HKG work nowadays is to own a place with no mortgage and have no kids, or kids that have flown the nest and are now not dependant on you.
- Correct, or be a returnee who got his pfund paid out, one annual salary as a good bye present and return on Capt 4 after having NOT experienced the worst two years of HKG ever. Sounds like a great deal.
Regarding G days down route, not many of my friends are experiencing it and those that have got them now have 5 day patterns instead of 4. In EK you only get paid for the time you do in the seat whereas in CX you get paid for the whole flight. It seems most airlines (except US carriers) are set on giving pilots min days off and it's becoming the industry norm in most countries sadly.
Dubai is a great place, I loved staying there, its great for a holiday or for visiting friends but to live in that heat 24/7 is not appealing for a lot of people. That doesn't mean HKG is better than DXB or vice versa, it's just some things work for some people and not for others. It's all down to personal choice and whatever choice my peers make is their choice and no one else's business, particularly yours or mine.
Its not a dick measuring competition of who's life/job is better. As I said, its all down to personal preference. I would suggest less anger and mocking as it will take years of your life.
- Pretty much every pilot with kids in an ESF school is financially &%$#ed - what a great place to be. No wonder literally everyone is trying to get into training so they can become an STC ASAP and make the big bucks.
And the rest…???
Last edited by AQIS Boigu; 1st Aug 2023 at 19:17.