Just another kid of a CX captain that took the iCadet option.
Now I understand I really, really should have listened to those that know better.
Lots of guys have parents who are ex CX and they shake their heads in disgust at our terms and honestly, I think rightly so.
Though being trapped in a 5+ year cycle as a second officer (which no one will recognise time) is a horrid thing.
When I was a child I grew up in a nice house and my parents did not have to worry about education, medical etc.
Now is NOT the case.
When my father joined CX they had about a dozen aircraft. A different system of management and a different culture. What I have is good, but not great, and I certainly wish I put the hard yards in charter and if I really had SJS bough a 320 or 737ng rating or work to be a PIC of a KingAir and worked contract.
HK is expensive and if your going for a job that you will struggle to own a car then it doesn't take an idiot to think twice...