Padrino System
Thanks guys for your replies.
I guess nothing much has changed at PAL with the old Padrino system. The reason I asked the question in the first place was that I went to their web site and under pilot employement there is only a mention of the Second Officer postion, i.e. no direct entry FO or direct entry Capt. I thought the career profile has been standardized but from the replies, it seems it's not.
No wonder I know friends who have been with the airline for 20 years and still with the narrow bodies (some blame the strike tho') whilst I bumped into some very young blokes who are already with the wide bodies. I couldnt make sense of it. So, it's still the old Padrino system.