I forgot to tell you.
· No Schooling
· No Housing.
· No Medical coverage.
· No medical insurance. (They have some plan but it cover nothing at all, but nice medical card for your wallet)
· Provident fund ( i think you cal 401) very low.
· Holiday each year 14 days, and you never get your requests.
· Holiday is paid basic salary only. This mean you get half pay.
· You work Public holidays and get no overtime or extra day off.
· No travel tickets to your country each year. You stay in Hong Kong and can not afford to fly home and see family.
· Lowest pilot pay in Hong Kong. Small lear jet pilot in Hong Kong get 70,000 MORE EACH MONTH than HKA airline pilot.
· Contract changed regularly. No you do not get consulted or have a chance to negotiate it. Disagree = SACKED
· Why am I here? not for much longer. We were wanting to leave but global crisis made us stay. Now some pilots resign. many more this next 6 months.
That my friend is no B.S