Isn't it sad...
that the company is willing to go to places like India and Pakistan to fill cockpits? Especially when there are qualified guys 'n' gals out there right now willing to do the job for the right package on a base or in Hong Kong.
To put it another way, CX is willing to jeopardize our safety record so they do not have to pay a reasonable wage. They will lean ever more on us (current CNs and FOs) to compensate for the lack of experience (and perhaps English) in the cockpit.
When I joined CX, I thought I was joining a first-world airline in a second / third world country. I was wrong, CX is rapidly falling behind the world-class airlines of the world in their ardent attempts to cut costs. It won't be long before CX is considered no better than any other Asian airline with regards to safety.
The good news is that when this place devolves into nothing better than a contract job, it will be very easy to leave for contracts elsewhere.