As has been posted before numerous times before, please discuss this on the AOA site. That is if you have access.
If not maybe you should think about applying for it.
Oh yeah, that's right, let me go there and reply to those who bashes the CEP's around for their fight for better conditions on the AOA forum. Wait, why isn't anyone there posting anything with their real names? Strange eh? FYI, I do have access and got it long before the mass CEP joining.
In reality, you would have to pay back the cost of training and quit your job, and then hope to be rehired by a good enough airline after spending probably several years struggling. It's easy to just say you would pay back your training cost but keep the job!
Hmm, ok, how about DEFO's having to re-apply for theirs if they wanna move back to HKG??? They were hired on the base, signed a local term contract with an onshore basing company and would have to quit their job on the base "in theory" anyway to come to HKG and get expat packages. I don't see anyone bashing these local term guys when they were offered a shortcut and expat terms after certain years of services.
On another note, the latest DFO update does mention talks regarding a little allowance for LEPs upon reaching FO.
The LPF requested this "special allowance" 2 years back when the KA locals got it after a successful fight by the DPA, who FULLY SUPPORT THEIR LOCALS FOR THEIR RIGHTS TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS AND DIDN'T COST THEIR EXPAT COUNTERPARTS ANYTHING. The answer by NR at the time was something along the lines of "What you got, KA doesn't have to get; what KA got, you don't have to get". Basically they were happy to remain status quo until the recent SLS uprising by the CEP and NR starting to wet his pants. How ironic was it that NR desperately called up LPF and INSISTED on a non-scheduled meeting to announce the "local" education allowance the day that 200 CEP's joined AOA. Nope, they were gonna do it all along and it was a total coincidence that it happened on the same day when CEP decided to finally stand up for themselves and do something about it. And now out of nowhere he made it public that he "intends" to offer the 12k to CEP in the next housing meeting? You be your own spin doctor judge. And mind you, this 12k only applies to FO, there's ABSOLUTELY NO IMPROVEMENT FOR CN.