Why aren't the current pilots not calling the shots then? Hong Kong labour law constraints? Are there plenty of SO's from 'other' countries in the cockpit at the moment?
I'm having my doubts regarding this programme. I have been invited for Stage 2. There seem to be many pilots who are happy flying for CX (I know a few of them, South Africans and Brits). The troubled ones are likely to be on Pprune.