Ryan
Hi Ryan, take my advice, if you are offered a position as a cadet, snap it up, forget all this about hanging back..
Whilst those nerds are hanging back the guys and girls that snap up the chance will have the opportunity of a bright future flying.
With the new housing allowance of 120,000 hkd per annum, rising with rank, basic pay of 330,000 hkd + 9% rise this year, plus another 3% next year, a guaranteed flight allowance for 84 hours flying per month equalling 28,000 hkd per annum you can't afford to pratt about. That lot gives you in excess of 500,000 hkd per annum.
Get in there if you can, bite the bullet with the cost of living in HK, your basic will double by the time you have served your time in 6 years.
These guys that put a downer on this deal have either been turned down already by CX or fly for other companies, don't like what thay have but can't get DESO or DEFO positions and are trying to put you guys off the cadet route.
I don't know what sort of jobs a lot of you guys have at the moment, but the majority of you are probably really struggling with no future or prospect... get a life and get on the CX cadet course if you can !!!