Not one spineless cadet said a word to management when they signed up for the job.
Thats just plain insulting and you are making this issue personal. It has never been CEPs against Expats, why do you have to make it so? Once again, what are expats scared of? Losing something you currently receive? None of this is about taking anything away from the expat package. Get that into your brain.
most CEPs dont measure up to expat pilots,
In terms of what? Each and every Cathay pilot is required to pass sims and checks done at the Cathay standard. If you do not pass, then you leave the company. it is as simple as that. Expats are these days employed because a position cannot be filled locally. With the start of this international cadet scheme the days of the expat could well be numbered, simply because they do not have to employ them. Don't be big headed enough to think that expats were employed because they measure up better. We are all just a bum in a seat to fly the plane from A to B. Having 1500hrs in a Metro does not make one a better pilot that a CEP, especially after years of flying a widebody around the CX network.
There is a lot of talk of the CEPs arguing the correct way, well I am afraid the expat arguements on here are not exactly impressive either.