If I had a family member or close friend going for a serious op I would not be fit to work. I wouldn't even waste my time with the 3rd floor.

I've never heard of the company saying no to compassionate leave which is what that would come under.

Ahh Leave at last
 

Well it looks like the triple 7 crews will be finding Leave even harder to find after this pm's announcement, whilst the good old -400 should be able to take most of the next two years off!

and scratch most of the expected JFO and Command upgrades on the 777 and 744 as well. I suspect that there will be a lot of 744 pilots downgrading to the big twin shortly.

Downgrade?
 

Is going from the 744 to the 777 a downgrade??

MACH.88:cool:

I agree mach....not sure why it's a downgrade going form an old aircraft to a modern all singing all dancing aircraft.



Oh, must be a size thing....:{:ugh:

744...... wingspan 64.4 m, length 70.6m
777-300er...... wingspan 64.8m, length 73.9m
What was that about size champ????

but what about the second officer program they have? I thought they are expanding that's why they have announced this program.

jerk

Very good!

But size as in SIZE and pax carried due to the UPPER deck etc.

I'm sure some of our old crusty 60+ pilots think its a smaller aircraft.

dont worry cathay boys. The 200+ indian cadets are coming to the rescue.

Ignoring the four lovely big engines on the 744...

The 747-8 is a Code F aircraft and has a length of 76m with a wingspan of 68.4m....:ok:

But I'd much rather PT on the 777 than the 747-8.....

As far as I'm aware the 747-8 is still a Cat D aircraft.

I'd rather PT in First on a 744 but in business on a 777:ok:

Whats lovely about them? They aren't even very big either.

Messiah

The 747-8 is a Cat D aircraft as far as its approach category is concerned (based on approach speed) but it's a Code F (like the A380) aircraft with respect to airport taxi way limitations.

The 777 is a Code E....because of its a smaller size.

And there I was thinking "F" is freighter :cool:

Aren't they the second smallest engines CX have??


And when the 340 goes... ... ...

aha ..so size does matter after all ?lol:D