TT Cadets
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TT Cadets
Heard a rumour that the new cadets joining the company from the TT course (4 weeks course) will get upgraded to JFO in a shorter amount of time than a "regular" SO. Has anyone heard this as well??
What would happen to the seniority list?? Any guesses??
What would happen to the seniority list?? Any guesses??
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From: York International
Get on it!
As far as any seniority list is concerned the most important thing is to get on it. A few places lost even by a day or two can lead to much frustration years down the line and $$$ lost.
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I think what you might be referring to is that a few years ago, people were given the chance to join FTA in Adelaide as instructors. On completing the instructor course, they were given a CX seniority number. They had to complete a certain number of months working in ADL (maybe 2.5 years?) then they come straight to HKG as DESO with the seniority number they had 2.5 years ago.
So in that case they would upgrade earlier than a DESO who arrived in HKG on the same day.
So in that case they would upgrade earlier than a DESO who arrived in HKG on the same day.
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people were given the chance to join FTA in Adelaide as instructors. On completing the instructor course, they were given a CX seniority number. They had to complete a certain number of months working in ADL (maybe 2.5 years?) then they come straight to HKG as DESO with the seniority number they had 2.5 years ago
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VR-HFX...I feel so special...a mention in PPRuNe already!
To set you straight a bit (and others who might be jumping to conclusions)....
-yes I did get hired at Cathay
-I did not apply for nor am I "getting a direct entry F/O gig."
-Nor am I a cadet or flight attendant. (just in case anyone else was wondering)
-all the recent pilot hires floating around the building I've met have all come through the cadet program.
Feel free to pop by the cbt this week and say hi! and introduce yourself (I'm sure you can figure out who I am).
To set you straight a bit (and others who might be jumping to conclusions)....
-yes I did get hired at Cathay
-I did not apply for nor am I "getting a direct entry F/O gig."
-Nor am I a cadet or flight attendant. (just in case anyone else was wondering)
-all the recent pilot hires floating around the building I've met have all come through the cadet program.
Feel free to pop by the cbt this week and say hi! and introduce yourself (I'm sure you can figure out who I am).
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From: Australia
Chiq
My apologies for assuming you came via the TT. No axe to grind as I am too old to be anything but a bewildered observer of all the nonsense that goes on in the company these days.
Good luck and hope you can calm some of the feathers that appear to be ruffled in the S/O group.
Out of town but next time I am dragged kicking and screaming into the sim building I will say hello.
My apologies for assuming you came via the TT. No axe to grind as I am too old to be anything but a bewildered observer of all the nonsense that goes on in the company these days.
Good luck and hope you can calm some of the feathers that appear to be ruffled in the S/O group.
Out of town but next time I am dragged kicking and screaming into the sim building I will say hello.
Last edited by VR-HFX; 17th May 2011 at 23:15.
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The 'kindergartenisation' of the airline continues. Baby pilots with 250 hours, in charge of an airliner with 300 plus pax (when the FO is in the toilet) is a recipe for disaster. When are we going to hire DEFO's again? 
The sim building isn't THAT bad!
