Good thread.
My ‘Upper Deck Lounge’ experience was flying from Taipei on a CX L-1011 on my first visit to Hong Kong in 1994.
During the boarding I showed the Flight Attendant my lowly PPL and asked politely if there was a chance of sitting in the jump seat for the day landing at Kai Tak. A lovely surprise then to be invited up prior to the start of the descent. A great experience for me certainly. The Captain pointed out a certain Marina and explained how to use a housing allowance to fund the acquisition of a liveaboard boat and also the pleasures of Joe Banana’s in Wanchai
I also recall his comment that as the Tristar was about to be decommissioned that he and some colleagues were to attend an Airbus ‘crash course’.
2 years later I relocated to HK from Sydney and stayed there 15yrs having had a fantastic time and mostly living on ‘funded’ boats.
I am very grateful to that Captain for his advice whoever he was and of painting a picture of what a fantastic place Hong Kong was and still is.
Nothing ventured nothing gained.
