With all due respect asl42, if anybody has a passion for flying airplanes, they will do it somewhere else. The new SO's will be spending 5 years as SO, and will not be flying anything but a simulator! There is effectively no bypass pay in the conditions of service, so if anybody is hired in a higher rank than you then you are not entitled to bypass pay. If you ever want to get back to your home country, you might not get the chance for 7 to 9 years! I'm going to have to just go ahead and disagree with you; If you are a local, the pay for SO is absurd compared to other professional positions!
If you want to come to Cathay; do it. But do so as a manager. They make the big bucks, and still get to fly on airplanes. Go get a law degree, and an MBA and you are set and will be better off.
Last edited by airplaneridesrfun; 2nd Apr 2010 at 02:35.