Oxymask, most, if not all of the posters on this thread have moved on to much better jobs, so we are not really bitter, we are trying to help people not make mistakes that we did.
With regards to pay, a colleague of mine was quoted TRI pay when interviewed, when he arrived they did'nt offer TRI until the day he resigned, so his pay was approx. 10% less. Also they told him he would be on the " 777s " withing 18 months,
ing liars.
A Dragon F/O ( inc housing ) gets 130-135,000HKD/month, the figure you quoted is 107,000HKD for a widebody Captain, and as mentioned above is probably inflated ( based on 80-85 hrs a month most likely )
Unlike CX/KA, HKA do not pay 13th month, although you will get a chinese new year bonus, it used to be $20 ( not joking ) it would cost you about $30 to go into the office and pick it up.
KA also pay travel fund ( circa 50K/year ) and have access to CX staff travel, you might be able to get Zed fares with HKA but you'll have no priority and getting out of this place on GOOD staff travel is a drama 6 months of the year.
You can live comfortably in Discovery Bay for around 30000HKD/month, a similar size flat in Central will cost you 50,000 and Tung Chung around 15,000.
Medical cover ( very low rent, an average doctor visit will cost you $200 after waiting 2 months for refund ), also we were not told at interview that it did'nt start for 6 months
Stuck in Asia with no medical, GREAT
The biggest problem is all the lies they will tell you to get you here, maybe they have got A330s coming, maybe they have'nt ( could be just a back door deal with Hainan wanting A/C outside of their communist government allowance ), you could easily end up on some wet lease arrangement with Hainan in mainland China, then you will really be happy
They have enormous debt ( Hainan and HKA ) and with the arrival of the 330s their debt will exceed their equity by a scary margin, this is why the CAD are hesitant to give them any routes.
Plus, their start up routes are just
ing stupid, otherwise CX or someone would have done it years ago.
They have run around with 1/2 empty 737s for years, how long do you reckon they can afford to do that with A330s
This is CX town and they ( with the help of CAD ) will make it as difficult as possible ( ask Oasis ).
Oh, and to the best of my knowledge, nobody in HKA managment ( singa swine ) have any Airbus FBW experience, so that should be interesting, your job will not be too secure when one of those idiots puts a smoking hole in the ground with a shiny new 330
All the best Oxy, think very carefully before coming to HKA