HERB--
Well at least you want to engage in intelligent dialogue, unlike Hustler, above. I have been in aircrew training for over 25 years on heavyjet aircraft (base, line, sim) and the foreign carriers that I have worked for all encouraged the locals to apply, so long as they had the relevent experience. If they did not, a cadet program provided the necessary training. Very few problems were encountered. I always found it odd however, that CX, an airline based in HKG, surrounded by Chinese, did not LONG AGO establish a training program for the locals. Wonder why this took so long? Was it because the British employed at CX did not want to upset the applecart? I have trained many Chinese (at SQ) and found them to be excellent pilots in most every respect.