It sorta works for Cathay, but their problem was that the bases were initially not set up correctly due to their usual modus operandi of arrogance and incompetence.
I am based and I fly my contracted hours without costing them housing and education. I am also called out regularly off Reserve on the base.
Having said that, there have been no new openings in my base port for the better part of a decade. There has been a trickle at others, but in any case CX will never officially deny that bases are finished, as the carrot to try and sucker new joiners into the airline on its ever-decreasing package. But now the HKG package for them is so cheap, with minimal housing, there is no incentive to provide bases to the young SJS demographic, who are joining in droves.
Last edited by Captain Dart; 19th Aug 2016 at 02:32.