Pay of Cathay Pacific Pilot?
 

Hello!

What is the pay of Cathay Pacific First Officer?

Thank you!

We're not recruiting first officers at the moment, so why would you ask? New joiners start as second officer cadets on a new, much reduced pay scale. There are no first officers on this pay scale so no one can answer your question. Contact the recruitment department at CX for further information.

Please can we refrain from posting personal financial information on a public forum.

They pay 500 dollars. :E

Gents, relax. The days when mentioning our salary caused envy are long gone.

Space Cadets
 

New Joiner on the Cadet Scheme

Total package including housing is $5200 USD Per Month $62K P.A.

$18,000K less than a Jet Star F/O. Living in a very expensive city!

One word Big Meaning .... AWESOME!! :mad:

... One miiillion dollars.... muahahahah....muahahahahaha.....muahahahahahahaha. :E

What Insurance?:confused:

We get paid?? :eek:

Bueno Hombre "What other choice does he have except feeding our chickens..."
 

Bueno Hombre, as your son is evidently quite familiar with chicken feed, he should be an ideal candidate for the CX cadet scheme.
Although as he is also the family "taxi" driver perhaps he could get work driving a taxi in Hong Kong - it might pay more than CX!

SO Chooka, on the way!
 

A qualified chicken feeder might be above the standard CX now require. ALTHOUGH his theory of flight might be ahead of the other applicants. Is your son named "Chooka," by any chance? If so, and he shows the same talent as this lad, he may also get a spot doing a free promo , for THE COMPANY.

SO Chooka, on the way!
 

Bob you are so right! Chooka is the man for the job. He might even breathe some life into the Gay Bar. But he would probably make better money busking at the TST MTR station.

Hi all,

I was just wandering if someone can shed some light on an up to date salary for a SO at CX is these days. I have tried looking online etc but only coming up with info from a few years back.

Thanks

Dan Buster,

Thanks, just doing my due diligence. Do you have a ball park figure inclusive of allowances etc.

Do they pay from day one or have they stooped that low they only pay you when you arrive in HK?

Cheers

Times have changed, you have to effectively use your own money in order to live in HK and have the privilege of being the bunk maker in chief, and LOIC of the sandwiches and blue bag.

So if you are independently wealthy, no problems at all, come on in, the water's lovely and warm.

The actual dollar figure on it's own could be very misleading for you. Just as $1000 a week sounds like a good pay check in some countries like India or Vietnam might be considered excellent, but in a major US or Aussie city its below average.
Just as the dollar amount for rent in a city where a two bedroom, two bathroom flat in a nice building in the city is $5k US a month (Which it is in Hong Kong), is no comparison to most other places. All of a sudden your thousand bucks a week means you can't even put a roof over your head.
You need to be doing a lot of homework before pursuing a "Career" as a Pilot in Hong Kong. Not least of which should include "what sort of place is it like to work" there are an awful lot of unhappy Pilots at Cathay.

However, as a first job with no experience the starting salary and prospects are quite good. Sure the pay starts low but it steadily increases and very few get fired even if they do almost zero work or professional study. How many professions pay you so much for so little?

Is anyone able to provide a figure? Even if it is via a PM?

Thanks again.

Approx basic HK$ 40000 +12000 housing/HPA.

@The Fub,

Thank you, is there flight pay as well or is that included in the basic?

Cheers

The ballpark is between not enough and 'Are you sure the decimal is in the right place?'.

But don't let that discourage you. It certainly didn't discourage all these guys who are now wearing red lanyards at dispatch because they eventually found out they can't afford to have kids.

And the Accountant-fused time bomb I have spoken about before goes on ticking..............:\

Don't make the mistake that hundreds of our SO's have made. The 'numbers' sound good on paper. That is because you have NO idea as to the actual cost of living in HK. To put it in perspective, it would equate to the same earnings in other countries as listed below:

1) UK 1400 gbp/mo
2)USA 1900 usd/mo
3)CAN 2100 cdn/mo
4)FRA 1700 euro/mo

etc, etc.

To clarify: the amounts quoted are approximately the sort of lifestyle you could expect living in HK with our local cost of living, with ALL of the money CX will give you. You CAN expect to need your parents to send you money to survive. You CAN expect to never have a family. Even a girlfriend will be too expensive for you.

Any further questions ?

It all comes down to disposable income, if you're earning 2 zillion a month but the cost of a 600 sq ft apartment plus living expenses is 2.3 zillion then you've got a problem.

Cambodia Expat Life


Direct flights with KA to REP and PNH.

As an full B scale said to a new joiner the other day....

"it'll take you 5 years before your entire paycheck could cover my rent"!

Please go to this forum : South Asia and Far East Wannabes - PPRuNe Forums

or here : Pilots | Careers - Cathay Pacific Hong Kong

or here : Cathay Pacific (Passenger Ops pilot jobs news for airline pilots and aviation schools)

or here : https://www.google.com.hk/search?cli...C-mJ8QfS84DIBg

Consider this part of your training!

First year SO is around 50K HKD's per month.

You make More at Hong Kong airlines just next door, just saying if you are qualified might be another option...

LongTimeinCX
OMG! How bizarre!

Spoilt bloody expats. Spent a LongTimeinFantasyWorld?

No, they spent a lot of money on him, and he has spent a long time in CX because there were not enough locals qualified to do his job.

This was mentioned in a CX cabin crew recruitment ad.Looks like they care more about their cabin crew than pilots!Why don't they give free housing to SO's too?

There is always a difference between recruitment and reality. CX will promise you (pilots) the earth, but when you have sobered up after the cocktail party will offer give you mud.

Why do we have no interview cocktail parties? Because most of the target audience are too young to drink or are still living with their mom.

Does our insurance company really know what we are trying to recruit?

We need pilots not HK school kids.

(Just a few random statements)

Maybe we could do interview Dim Sum, might eliminate a few of extraordinarily loud slurpers of recent times?

Yes, I know its cultural but the Greek pilots refrain from smashing their plates and the Italian guys don't test if the pasta is 'aldente' against the cockpit door and the Nigerian guy doesn't bombard us with spam. ;)

Lost opportunity?
 

Lowkoon Quote "and the Nigerian guy doesn't bombard us with spam. "

What a shame!

Think of all those billions of dollars that you are missing out on - every day!!!!!

So true, I tremble with anticipation as I wait for the 20 million euro I won in the Spanish lottery, and to think I didn't even buy a ticket! It must have just been fate! How thoughtful of those kind Nigerians to track me down and let me know... :8

Slow post?
 

Do not worry, Lowkoon. I'm sure that the cheque is in the mail! Nigerian post is notoriously slow. I too, am still waiting for my inheritance from some distant relative.

Strangely though, since I gave these kind people my bank account details my savings seem to have been depleted. Never mind, they will be topped up soon, I'm sure!

Pay ?
just enough to eat and live with others colleagues in a same apartment in HK....

good luck ;)