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As I have posted else where the company was asked by the HKAOA, (the union that represents Cathay pilots) at recent negotiations on housing for the T&C’s for the new “International Cadets” as the first of these cadets is due to return to Hong Kong from Adelaide at the end of this year to complete their endorsement training and LFUS. The company so far hasn’t provided these T&C’s but made it very clear that housing will not be paid to any International Cadet or DE pilot as of 2009. They are using the recently legislated Racial Discrimination Ordinance to justify this move. The mere fact that the company wont provide the new T&C’s indicates that the company not only intends not paying a housing allowance, they also intend to reduce the basic pay levels as well, hense the use of the term “C” scale. The last time the company introduced a new pay scale “A” → “B” represented about a 40% reduction in pay scales. If the company does create a “C” scale who knows how much of a reduction the new pay scales will be.
Before anyone says they can’t do this to the cadets that have already started in Adelaide, WRONG. No contract of employment is signed until the candidate successfully finishes their training in Adelaide and starts their training in Hong Kong.