CSA PIC positions
In regards to Air China and other contracts like Jade in the past, it was always announced as Junior Captains and other terms which obviously meant that you were not fully qualified as PIC.
CSA and the agencies have only mentioned the term CAPTAINS even when directly asked.
I passed the assessment in August and I'm presently waiting for the CAAC sim check. Nobody can actually say if this contract will be indeed for a full captain position or not as the NTR pilots have not started this contract yet.
I have never worked in China before and I give credit to those who have and who warn their colleagues about the "beauties" of flying there, like paperwork, crazy medicals, silly delays and slots, failures during training, dismissals for no good reason, punitive culture in regards to incidents, smoking in the flightdeck, etc... But I'm still reluctant to believe that the contract is a bluff and that you will be flying as a CRZ CPT instead of PIC, contravening the terms that are being announced.
We shall see...