thepenguin,
I agree with your 4 points regarding pilot's pay, however the only point I was trying to make was it is inappropriate to brand CX as a racist employer on the basis that it paid different pay to pilots on different bases when it is a worldwide common practice to employ staff on local terms. Moreover, if people do not like it, rather than engage in a rather distasteful thread promoting racial disharmony, suggesting a practical alternative would be more appropriate.
Herb, I am unaware that CX is aiming to recruit 100 pilots. The pax fleet may have a proportionate number of pilots on base to the flights into the base. However, because the Freight fleet has no HKG based pilots this is not so. For example, on the 200F the Oz bases run "heavy" and are effectively "bused" up to HKG.
Joyrider said it and you have said it and perhaps we should listen; This issue is of dubious import when compared to the major issues facing us. Are we in danger of taking our eye of the ball?