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KA NTR FO Final Interview

Old 20th Mar 2019, 15:08
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My housing and education allowance is over 100k/ month . So either the new guys won’t have kids or their kids won’t receive the level of schooling previously paid for by the company.

Somethings gonna give .

Cx as employer has No respect . Do your due diligence.
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Old 20th Mar 2019, 16:31
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Yes because Hong Kong has virtually no students in public schools who dont speak chinese as a first language. When you have a class of homogeneous kids you get much better results.

My high schools in the 90's had nearly 30% students who spoke English as a second language.
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Old 20th Mar 2019, 17:01
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The colonial days where you got paid obscene amounts of money for being white are over folks!
Yep precisely!

We are all local now, so unless your children can speak Cantonese, forget about a decent English education. Cantonese seems to be the way to move forward, but the mainland won't recognise that language as they speak Mandarin.

FYI, all International schools in Hong Kong now are teaching Mandarin......but COS 18 contract won't cover the entry fee.
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Old 21st Mar 2019, 00:58
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"And yet, surprisingly, Hong Kong, where the median household total income is about 30% of your housing/education allowance alone, has far better overall educational achievement levels than all the major countries that A-scalers came from.
The colonial days where you got paid obscene amounts of money for being white are over folks!"

You're kidding right Paul??? If you truly believe that simply getting 95% to 100% for exams is the be all of education (which is about all you're getting in the local, memory based education system) then I'd respectfully say that you're misguided. A good education (as achieved in our expatriate home countries) is a balanced, lateral thinking based education system with a healthy emphasis on sports and extra curricular activities. An institution that provides that sort of education up here costs a lot.
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Old 9th May 2019, 12:50
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Hi Everyone

I will be going for the final interview on the 3rd of June, anybody going around the same time please feel free to contact me. [email protected]

Also if anybody did the interview recently I would greatly appreciate some info or tips regarding the final interview.
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Old 10th May 2019, 05:04
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Honestly, the main hurdle will be convincing them you can survive on the terrible contract and that you have no dependents (as you won’t be able to keep them and the job, one will have to go)
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Old 10th May 2019, 05:53
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Present a briefing on how you will commute from Cambodia with reliable couch surfing options in Tung Chung.

Convince the pilot interviewer, whose contract is worth five times more than yours, that your love of shiny jets outshines professional envy.

Don't lose control of a FBW aeroplane you are endorsed on in the sim- those guys not selected evidently though can reapply after 12 months.

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Old 8th Jan 2020, 11:26
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Any one know if Cathay Dragon has an upper age limit for NTR F.O.s?
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Old 11th Jan 2020, 12:09
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Not officially but they might ask why you're still an FO.
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Old 7th Feb 2020, 17:30
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I think that curiosity is more to satisfy you than Cathay.They know how to read CVs! I leave the rest for you to figure out yourself!🙂
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Old 8th Feb 2020, 00:21
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I thought KA and CX have stopped hiring for the time being?
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Old 8th Feb 2020, 06:44
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Ok, I’ll bite.....What’s NTR?

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Old 8th Feb 2020, 09:23
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Non Type Rated, perhaps?
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Old 9th Apr 2020, 15:27
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Originally Posted by KABOY


hahahahahahaha! Now that is real BS, this is COS18, how many hours do I need to fly for that?

And forget the DPA, there is a trade union exclusion clause that will ensure you are on your own, no union representation for you Pedre....

Oh, that's right there is a FTL limit that stops you from earning $1000's. Damn the CAD, can I get a dispensation to operate to 1500hours per year?
How can a trade union exclusion clause be legal in HK?
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Old 12th Apr 2020, 03:09
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Originally Posted by Oddball77
How can a trade union exclusion clause be legal in HK?
it just says that any agreements made with the DPA won’t apply to your contract as that is Controlled purely company policy
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