I wonder how much the staff of other airlines have to pay to travel First Class on their own airline?
CX staff (if they're even eligible, as many, if not most, are not eligible to travel First Class on CX!) have to pay US$1,171 for a STANDBY ticket on CX from HKG to LAX and back to HKG!!!! Couple this with the crappy treatment one usually gets when the cabin crew know you are CX staff and...