Originally Posted by
Makiko
The career path of Verbal Kint (is that some kind of play on words )
His previous posts seemed to indicate he worked for CX , each to their own perhaps the guy just wanted to live in HK
Easy to put s*** on QF ML when in reality it would seem that he would have been way way better off staying there, the brass for
based DE CX FOs was pretty ordinary back then. Assuming that was entry point - then it would have been the joyous experience of going back to SO
Then contract change after contract change in the 2010s , finally with the COS18
Well since you’re speculating:-
I joined as a COS99 DEFO. My 1st Yr pay was notably better than 7th Yr pay as a 767 FO in my final year at QF. Still based in Oz. Different story for later DEFOs on COS08. I’ve been well ahead financially at every turn than had I remained in QF ML, except for the few months on COS18 before I left HK. And I did my command on the 330/350 about the same time I could have had first available command in QF (737 in PER …… ).
At the time I left, QF had gifted EBA-D to JQ Intl. LWOP wasn’t yet an option, so the ME3 holiday wasn’t a thing.
You need to update your knowledge of conditions at the US Majors. Pensions haven’t been a thing here since the early 2000’’s except for FedEx/UPS. It’s a 401(k) now. 2nd Yr and beyond the majors all pay waaayy more than ML. I’m in my 40’s (not 50’s) and can hold any widebody FO slot (except IAH) or NB CA in any base. All much bigger $$ than widebody FO at QF. So you reckon I should have stayed? And that’s not even considering the professional aspect of working outside the sheltered world of Oz!