"
we are the custodians of the new Cathay pacific whether you like it or not."
Straight out of ("Prime Minister's"
)
Bob Dawk's ("
Yes, Rupert and E.H. P. "Peter" , I'll suck your @0(k" ) letter to the Aussie pilots in 1989,
TSI.
Only 22% of them swallowed that line of cr@p then, and if CX are willing to make a few Second officers "custodians" of their New One World Airline, then they DESERVE to go the same way as the "custodians" took them!
Into
OBLIVION - FOREVER!
My humble suggestion to the new rercruits who have found themselves in the invidious position - into which you have placed yourselves - is to TRY to UNDERSTAND the path chosen by pilots who have FAR, FAR more experience with CX, with Hong Kong, with THIS airline management - and generally in this field of aviation - than you have yet to acquire.
That is not to say (that) you don't have something worthwile to offer - but as with ALL aviators, place your TRUST in those who have trodden the path before you.
Find common ground - as we so often do EVERYWHERE in the world, wherever we meet. {By Geez that gets up "their" noses!!}
Aviation is NOT the domain of the "Loner pilot" - we owe our longevity to the common sharing of "traps and illusions" that have cost many their lives in earlier days.
The "
Press on regardless" is an anthema to all PROFESSIONAL pilots, but is often quoted as a "
commitment to meeting schedules, and the company's obligations" by those who don't bear the full brunt of responsibility WHEN the SHTF.......splat!!
Go forward TOGETHER.
As with any relationship,
"Sorry" always seems to be the hardest word (to say)!! (Phil Collins)