This (Cebu Pacific) is one corner of the world where the sacred Seniority List still breathes. To protect the junior pilots and restore order among the ranks when it comes to promotion and hiring, the existing association there will strive to defend this list.
I have been around. Got a new log_in as my old one has been uncovered already. Our fellow pilots in the Philippines are one bunch of fine decent men. I say this because, in the past, during a crippling strike of the flag carrier, the majority of the pilots who lost their jobs would not dare apply for a position in other airlines if it were to violate the ranks.
Fun to spend a few flying years in the Far East but I see the importance of staying out of Cebu Pacific as an expat. I hear it has been a struggle for their pilots association in looking after the welfare of its pilots and squeezing in will not do them any good. I care enough to give these boys a chance.