Another Day,
So commuting just got a whole lot easier for KA staff did it? Not if you commute to Phuket. You do have a rather biased view of things. The travel fund is part of the Expat B contract and it was there because years ago pilots wouldn't come to Hong Kong without it. Same goes for the housing allowance. Just parts of a contract to get pilots to Hong Kong and KEEP them here.
Maybe you should have joined KA?
We have always had staff travel agreements with airlines like BA so not sure where you are getting your info from.
What an odd post though....'they have to pay full fare to get out of Asia'. No we don't.
I've often fly from Hong Kong to other Asian ports on staff travel to head to Europe if direct flights are busy, I just go where the seats are. Did it many times before CX bought us.
If it's looking really busy and chances of getting on are poor I'll buy a ticket...you know, like everybody else does.