Originally Posted by mutt
Interesting choice…. Walk away now with 28 months salary or stay and possibly earn 60 months salary ……………
Anyway, at least he can look forward to visiting Japan

Mutt
Wow! Mutt! You are really up todate about Japan. I heard it from the Phils country mgr yesterday in MNL. The service to Osaka will begin mid September with service via Manila. That was a bit of a surprise since those flights are now standing room only. No empty seats going (all classes) and only one open on the return.
The pairing plan is to use the MNL base f/a's to do the roundtrip to Japan. The cockpit will be used from a extended layover in MNL. The plan shows less than 8 hours roundtrip, so they'll try to push it for a single crew, at least in the cabin.
If I was a paying pax, the ideal way to fly from Osaka would be CX via HKG to RUH or Dubai, not via MNL with the OFW's flying to the Kingdom seeking their dream.