Dear Mr Green,
Also from my SQ folks grapevine about more sad stories,
the Relief pilot in cruise on the LHS, gets paid about 20 RMB in additional to what other First Officers are getting... and that's it. If you fly 70 hrs, you get paid 1400 RMB.
Just manage to get a new info -- one of guys who attended the above course, too, has resigned in Jan.
Apparently, the whole RPIC program has been suspended perpetually. GWA had apparently falsifying licenses/experiences of the candidates for the course. By the authorities -- candidates are supposed to have 500 PIC command hrs on narrow body jet . The first group of First Officers that did the course do not have that 500 PIC hrs. The authorities discover it and suspend the program perpetually. The authorities will not approve as it is China.....
Heard the last four FOs in GWA are on the way looking for options outside. There are no upgrades, they tell you stories.......they even tell people there are buying narrow bodies aircrafts to upgrade their First Officers!
AJ