It's unconscionable to suggest that junior officers here at Cathay consider staying when they are faced with;
- possible significant increased time to command as a result of an increased retirement age,
- a paltry pay increase after six tears of no pay rise, and
- continuing opportunities elsewhere where demand has had an actual effect on remuneration.
I wonder how many junior officers arriving here at Cathay after January 2008 on new Conditions of Service, (read: lesser pay than the bloke that joined in December...), will not bother to look elsewhere for opportunities with their shiny new type-ratings.
It's a sad commentary, but it makes sense to leap earlier than later. The snowball that started rolling at Dragonair looks like picking up some more snow from Cathay on it's way down the hill.