Ray Racella
I think Hotdog may have been referring to Ray Racella who was an F/E with Cathay on the DC6/6B and Electra.
As far as I know he was the first Asian flight deck crew employed by Cathay。He joined in either 1959 or 1960.
Ray had fought the Japanese with the Filipino resistance after that egomaniac McCarthur abandoned them. He survived that to marry Minola and eventually make it to Cathay.
They had many children as well as access to a lovely house in Baguio, which I had the privilege of visiting when I was a lad.
If Ray can do it...why not more?