Again, the
impatience that our generation has, is appalling to say the least.
Never the less, you want "positives" ? ask and you shall receive:
- you get to see the world (oops only about 18-24hours layovers)
- you're guaranteed the dream job straight after training
(oops your career will be f%#ked forever)
- you get to tell people you fly a shiny jet (oops you're a sandwich eater for almost half your "career")
- you will be "at the top", getting paid good money (oops 10k housing allowance in HK, + other "costs", read them in your own time)
- oh yeah the flight attendance
(oops
... enough said)
- you will be "livin large in HK" (oops correction, you will be living in a 1 bedder in tung chung with no money at the end of the month to do anything)
- you get to try all sorts of different sandwiches (no oops there)
- hey wait a minute!!.. you get free training! why didn't i think of that first? (oops, because it's not "free", you repay it many times over, through out your entire "career")
- you will be a better pilot from observing other pilots fly, than "struggling" in GA (oops, wrong!!, read previous posts)
so there you have it slotsdown, the positives.... but food for thought.
Photos: Airbus A340-642 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net <<< can you sit in that seat for 6-8 years?, your sandwiches await you.
Cathay Pacific pilots hailed as heroes | The Australian
Captain Fantastic
RICHARD DE CRESPIGNY: Engine number two, overheat and failure. Engines one and four degraded two levels in thrust. Electrically, the left-hand side of the aircraft was dead. We lost 50% of the hydraulic systems. The brakes underneath the wings were reduced to 30% braking efficiency, and anti-skid was inoperative. Fuel system, 3 tanks out of 11 functioned, no transfer system was available. No jettison system. We had multiple holes in the wing, which disrupted the airflow over the wing and caused the stall speed to increase.
i wonder what a cadet entry pilot captain would have done in those situations. in the event things like this happen (hopefully it doesn't), but it could, as a cadet pilot entry captain, will you be able to make decisions like these guys did?... doubtful!
how about you get in the cpp first, before even insulting your potential future superiors.
p.s. just in case anyone tries to be smart, we all know that CX don't use the 600s anymore, this is just a nice picture above, for illustrative purposes.
