the LEPS are ONLY trying to fight for better Terms from the Company's (CX)'s pocket. even thou the CHANCES are SLIM to NONE because the company maintains a 10% of locals in the flight crew community. why create such a fuss? the point is, it is just the same for the SOs fighting for bypass pay, B scalers trying to get rid of A scalers beyond the age of 55... we are just doing the same thing aren't we? so why creating such an unnecessary debate and differentiation between "expat" and "local"? you guys too signed up for what u had in black and white. why screaming and shouting?
many of our STC across the fleets, were ex-BA cadet or miltary cadet, some form of other cadets too. so being a cadet isn't really a point, all the expenses may have been covered by you or by some other organisation, who cares, we all had to start somewhere, and all the cadetships weren't easy, and had to be completed with a limited timescale. Recalling from memory, correct me if im wrong, didn't cathay employed some BA cadets graduates in the early nineties?? if true, what kinda packages did they get? they had an option to leave, and did they??
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added: it has also been discussed extensively nearly a decade ago:
http://www.pprune.org/fragrant-harbo...d-less-cx.html
discriminate or not, you decide yourself.