Badair,
I think the point is the hiring wage and what you make at year 5 and 10! Who really cares about stripes just pay!
Some of our SO's would qualify and some won't but CX doesn't really hire DE FO's to the pax fleet do they!
Besides, who ever said CX should pay the same as any other carrier? CX should pay MORE! Yes more for having to live in an unhealthy environment. That's what they used to do years ago when the top management wasn't so greedy.