A very sad indictment on what, two decades ago, was a world-beating airline; world beating in new routes, passenger service and cockpit crew morale.
Now, when (or if) you do make captain, management is still appalling, the hotels are still 3-star, still in crappy areas (but convenient to Chinatown) and the overnight patterns just get worse and worse.
On a personal note, there is one good side: luckily for my marriage, the cabin crew are 'Olympic torches'; they travel the world and never go out!
Last edited by Captain Dart; 14th Oct 2010 at 22:00.