Just to confirm the current situation.
A DESO will stay on the backseat for an average of 3 years
The Pay is still the famous Bscale plus all the advantages of being based in HKG such as housing etc How much would this be on an average monthly? Is that enough?
A DESO can sit on the right seat above 20000ft, with no authority to T/O and land
A DESO will be kept current in the simulator monthly.
A DESO has the same staff travel benefits as the onther CX employees, meaning its all based on seniority.
In general, hows the crews attitude towards DESO? Is he/she a full member of the crew or not? Will he be involved in the preflight decision making etc?
Untill now I have only considered a slot as DEFO on the freighter, for which I meet the requirements as well, but I reached those only recently. I have a PRN number since 3 years and the recruitement people at CX think I will only go for a DEFO job because all my time is on A320s and A330s. Recently I started looking into the DESO sheme as well because a good friend of mine convinced me of the fact that seniority means everything at CX.
Its not an easy choice so all help is appreciated.
Thanks