6.2 a. On completion of First Officer Year 4, eligibility for promotion to Senior First Officer is dependent upon the Officer holding a valid Hong Kong Airline Transport Pilot's Licence and the performance of the Officer.
At present, after 4 years SFO is automatic with RPIC. The above statement makes me very nervous. “Dependent” on HKATP and this is the big one “the performance of the Officer”. I can ensure you that CX will exploit this.
What is considered performance, arguing with a crew controller because you just got shafted or by another section of CX. It could be speaking at AOA meetings, which got a couple of pilots fired several years ago. This will be considered “performance” by the review board when it is time to upgrade.
We have “Performance” with JFO to F/O’s and the review board holds some back. Automatic progression within CX is not guaranteed. A score of 3 on a check will clearly be a reason not to upgrade if you were one to speak up.
Free thinking is not allowed at CX.