Originally Posted by
TBL Warrior
You forget to mention the time it takes to earn a wide body command and wage at QF. When comparing to someone who earns the same amount from when they are 28 with a Jet command in the Middle East to a Qantas A380 captain who typically upgrades in their late 40s or 50s. This difference highlights a multimillion dollar gap. The situation is even more pronounced at ANZ, where a 777 skipper might have a mere decade in command before aging out. This underscores the significant financial sacrifice one makes to work for the likes of QF or ANZ, obviously they fail to mention this at their careers fair.
Housing in HKG in the last 24 yrs has way underperformed Oz or NZ, so that monetary gap is completely gone. Don't confuse the place today with HKG 1980s or 1990s. Once you're in your 50's, it all evens out, everyone you learnt to fly with has a command, be it CX QF or Air NZ. And I have no doubt there's a very large number of CX Captains in their 50's who would trade it all right now, in 2024, to have their time again and join QF or Air NZ.