Please forgive me, Waco. I am merely a paying passenger. What may impress me may not easily impress you, as I believe that you are also an airline professional.
What I do intend to say is this. As a paying passenger, in my many flights in North America, across the Pacific and in Asia, I have always trusted the lives of my family, my associates, my friends and myself to the pilots of Cathay. In short, granted that I am a paying passenger and, if perception is everything, let's say that I perceive and I believe Cathay pilots to be extremely skilled, dedicated and professional and that my mind is at ease each and every time I fly with them. Peace of mind is what I am getting at.
The Cathay ticket costs more than other airlines. But, as a paying passenger, I am willing to pay a little more for the peace of mind. And, yes, FYI, I have had some experiences with pilots from airlines which I care not to think about ever again in the future. I have flown more miles with Cathay than with any other airline, yet I have never once had a bad experience with any of their cockpit professionals.
CX Pilots, I want you to know that there is someone in the cabin who cares about you. I have been through many jobs and companies in my lifetime (never a pilot, though unfortunately). The most rewarding situation is when I know taht I am really good at tsomething and that I am respected for the professional I am each and every day I go to work. The worst situation is when management does not respect me for what I have contributed to the team and to the company. I can go on and on.
So, as a mere paying passenger, let me just say that, when I am landing in my hometown of Los Angeles, and there is a thick marine layer covering the coastline way past the 405 Freeway and I can't see a bug beneath it in the nightime, I do feel more reassured that there is a true professional at the helm guiding the Jumbo in for a feather like landing. Or, when flying over the vast Pacific by Iwo Jima, in near pitch black, the second taht we hit turbulence and storm clouds, you feel the aircraft gently change altitude and the blue wingtip strobe ligths come on, there is just something reassuring about this that I cannot amply describe in words.
I have observed these on more than on CX Flight. And, Waco, if it is you at the helm of the aircraft and you do this for me, you will have my gratitude too. And also the gratidude of my family, my friends and all my associates. And, your company will have my business.
The Resistance and Kaptain M, I am the one who should thank you. What I have said and done on this board is the least I could do for the fine group of professionals which you are and always will be. I fly Cathay because of the professionalism and quality of its pilots.
Truth be told.
Carry on and God Bless!