Ladies and Gentlemen,
I feel like we are all riding through a hurricane, but now the storm is calming. We are all beginning to understand each other a little better. Apologies on my part concerning $$. Won't touch it anymore, as previously mentioned.
Wish, sorry to say the oldest cadet I knew was 29 when he joined. Ex-FA and heard he got it tight with KB. Please refer to this as a rumor and nothing else.
There are still lots of talks concerning pushing back the retirement age on flight crew, especially in the US. To me, I see that as unfair when SOME ARE fit to fly, but in a sense, an opportunity for people to be upgraded. Perhaps their knowledge is more beneficial in the SIM deck, or perhaps as a check pilot w/o TOL status.
Eyesight is a big limitation to Chinese. Who doesn't need to wear glasses? This concern is also being looked at all over the world as EU has changed their standards, and US/Oz are ok with corrected vision. Hope it will be better with HKCAD in the near future.
Also for Wish, I buy US Flying magazine, I find it fun and very educational. I do not know if HK has it, but I can tell you you waste a lot of money if just buying FLIGHT INT'L. You can find info on different airlines right from the net.
Keep your spirits up, we will all get there one day. Hope CX decides to buy the A380 over the Stretch (crap), so we can see some bigger jets landing at CLK!
Cheers!
PS Has anyone joined the HKAC?? Just checking. Also they do a lot of radio flyers out in NT, hope I can do it too, if I have money and the time.
[This message has been edited by smallwing (edited 10 May 2001).]