Thank you so much for pulling it out Hardrod. Much appreciated. Also big thanks to AKOTA for going chapter and verse about the job as well. To someone who doesnt know much about the job and the industry, this has been really helpful for sure, at least I have a full picture about what a Second Officer does at Cathay Pacific. No wonder why people keep warning wannabies to think twice and thrice before joinning. This is definitely for the hardcore aviation fan, because only those can survive the initial painstaking and boring work life.
One more thing. I have noticed the interview process is getting much faster and easier, many testings have been eliminated such as JKI testing, Ravening reasoning, Flight Planning, Group Activites and Flight Grading assessment. Also, the ICAO English Proficency no longer administrated In-House. Is it because they cannot find enough people so they have decided to simplified the process to make things easier? Or they just don't have the budget to conduct all sort of testing anymore? I'm really curious to know.
For me, I am a local, born and bred here, but I am not a big fan of Cathay, I actually don't have a thing with Cathay at all, I always fly on Emirates or Singapore Airlines or Qatar, they have much better services, better quality in terms of In-flight experiences, and I find that their pilot skills are so much better than CX.
But sadly I am not a Singaporean, nor UAE citizen. Friend of mine told me a little bit about British Airways Cadet Pilot Program, since we now can move to the UK and apply for BNO visa, I will keep researching on it as well.