There are no Ready Entry SO's anymore (DESO). Just a few DEFO's for now (I think) and in the very very very near future no more DEFO's anymore! The huge amount of SO's (yes, very much SO's because they will train a lot of cadets!! why? because it is gonna be cheap for them) will replace the FO's which are gonna fly for another airline or gonna be a captain @ CX.
In the past, just a few years ago, Cathay Pacific took DESO's, which had already 2-3k TT. They get a very good contract, if you compare it with the salary of the iCadet (Cadet Scheme).
The CX cadet scheme is for people who want to fly for Cathay Pacific, for less salary then the DESO's.
You will be smacked down everywhere
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