Back in the day Cathay hired from a known pool of excellence & professionalism and this pool was the Air Force as well as experienced heavy jet pilots from all over the world. ( Second best to the Air force )
Today CX hire any ding bat G.A. pilot and local cadet to make up the numbers and it shows.
Our skills, determination, knowledge, experience & tenacity were the foundations that CX was built on. Without us there never would have been an airline in Hong Kong.
WE WERE WORTH OUR A SCALE WAGES & THEN SOME
The people they hire now would be better of working in McDonald's, no recruit will ever compare to the talented individuals that were selected during my era.
So there should be a pay scale based on Skill & Experience like there was previously. COS 08 we'll let me explain some other time.