Just face the fact - the sooner the better.
Most of the dudes stay with Cathay only because its their best option in terms of money. CX payscale is good and especially the housing assistance for the Honkie based crew is great. If you are doing B744 longhaul your roster is great, eg. lots of days off and that means a great opportunity to live your life - outside "the company". The aircrafts are fairly new and quite well maintained - fine. The rest is ****. Admit it. Company ressource management, here under; Management, Flight Crew "training" - wooooowww the hole in that Swiss cheese is HUGE - an accident waiting to happen - the incidents speaks for themself, sure lots of long haul and not lots of sectors and bla bla bla - its that hole in the Swiss cheese that pocesses the biggest threat to Cathay. A constant breath down your neck - hows that next Line check, hows that next sim, hows that next interview, remember OIC and the list goes on. Until you get those 4bars - u better not f... up - because backup from your company is a city somewhere in Russia, they will focus on finding your mistakes and how to put the blame on you and then degrade you - most other professional airlines would try and back you up, learn from the f... up and then try and avoid it in the future - just like we all know avition should be like.
"Training"(read. checking). Let it be said, there are some good instructors/trainers in Cathay that knows what training is all about - unfortunately there are also a bunch of looser "trainers"(read checkers) with no life besides from flying and they are the ones that might f... up your life. It will be in your report and it will be questioned when your upgrade comes - no matter weather its corrrect or not - and you should never question that - that will only take you further down the drain. The shout up and accept management by fear culture is very, very strong here. Face that fact.
An airline and an flight operation should exist in an OPEN minded enviroment, where its crew is not afraid, but motivated and encouraged to speak up, and let others learn about their mistakes and exchange ideas. Flight operations should back up its crew and belive in it - until otherwise proven. Training in an open enviroment is the root of a safe operation. These are basic fundamentals that most other airlines has adapted to back in the 80-90s. Cathay has got a very long way to go. Very long indeed.
Take care out there - but watch your back
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