clinty83:
'nuff said!
though i'm sure EPASZ would like to know if you are willing to stay in CX when you are a big fish...
in my case the CEP salary package that CX provides is more than enough for me to make a living on, even when i have a wife, kids, and retired parents. the salary may not be equal to that of direct-entry pilots, and this is unfair in its own way. but no doubt, you wouldn't need to live in a cardboard box with your salary, especially when you look around you and see so many locals in other walks of life, living on half a CX pilot's salary and still getting by. i don't see why we can't... it is merely a matter of lifestyle and whether you are willing to adjust or not.
for me personally, achieving a dream is priceless. but when you know you can live reasonably well with your pay check, then it just makes you even hungrier to realize that aspiration. and yes, EPASZ, my chance of staying in CX after making F/O or above is pretty high, being a street-raised HKG local.
