CX gave a female, local FO three shots at Command (letting her through in the end). Round-eyed lads were **** canned after two attempts at Command
At KA a certain female nearly lost a 747 at Manchester ( scraped 3 pods ) punishment....A330 command ( OK, I admit, that IS punishment
A certain expat took off with the wrong r/w loaded in the FMGC, next time he made a slip up....demotion.
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
20 hours in a Moth, 200 hours flying night medium haul over Europe, narrowly escaping the landing accidents that took out your comrades, topped off with the people management skills of Stalin, excellence and professionalism ? pull the other one Capt Parker ( with the greatest of respect, of course )