Except in the end nobody will actually leave.

Who suggested a recruitment ban??? Last time that was in place I honored it, only to find out later that guys were happily joining no matter what. Get lost.

Yes - the correct response to this is "I'm not worried Anna, I have an internationally recognised license of considerable value. More aircraft, more jobs, more dollars. What's your backup plan?"

You reckon? Not sure about CX. But KA is trying to expand and people are leaving as fast as they are being recruited. Morale is low and many are looking at alternatives. And the attitude from the new C-scalers is to accept the free rating and see if they like it. If they don't, or can't manage on the already mediocre ts and Cs, they leave. Several have - one just a month after completing his command course. As for the B scalers, the only thing keeping them here is their lifestyle. Mess with that and there will be quite a number who will go.

Why we are still talking is baffling! I do not blame the HPE comittee..... but the leadership. While we have been talking, the company has gone on a PR campaign against us, made two SO's on flight ok, continued to bully us and tell us we are the problem, made healthcare worse, and the list goes on.... We have done nothing but send members letters telling us how wonderful the HPE process is. WHAT??? Head in the sand approaches rarely turn out well.

DS, when he ran for chairman said he would like to be like the chairman we had when SLS and COS 08 came out. That was truly an appalling time for me. Guys were able to work to 65, delaying my command. Meanwhile, friends of mine signed over to COS 08 because the company wanted them to (and the union blessed it due to 25 year housing being written in stone). Now, those friends have either lost out on two years of BPP, or are currently missing out on BPP....... and they still have/had their commands deferred.

I've heard the plan is to get rid of expensive pilots, and then hire DEC's again, due to the inexperience level of the younger generation. Why wouldn't they if they can push through everything else they want to with the young bucs. They only need to look at the history of CX pilots to figure out how crappy this company can be.

We are in the midst of making a decision. I think that decision needs to be to retract the thumb and extend the middle finger. That is how we are being treated. However, we need not turn the other cheek, and throw the dung right back at her!

Time to grow a set of balls!

Spot on. Thank you for a clear and convincing post. Your first paragraph summed it up. Time to respond to this appalling management with a fist.

Us old hands have seen this before. She has got the HK public on her side with the SCMP article and now she has the Cathay staff on her side with the latest Friday news. We are always one step behind and don't have a hope in hell

Indeed the changes DO need to come quickly.

Before the fuel hedges expire and profits soar.

The current chairman is part of the problem, and not its solution.

He needs to step aside asap.

Its like watching the same car crash movie over and over again
That's what happens when you have a gen sec on his dream retirement roadshow
A Guileless pilot community
A sympathetic President NOT UP TO THE MISSION ahead
And once again in advance i would like to thank the SSI's and Training community who will be shortly training my replacement 👍

Completely agree

not on the chinese media.... lots of public comments are about them screwing up the fuel hedging and asking staff to pay

Yes indeed, Dan. '94 and '99 enforced that principle for me, for ever.

That's my plan too.

If you don't sign anything the current housing deal simply expires.

My lease is expiring in November at my furnished 2 bedroom plus study apartment in Kowloon. I have asked to extend it for another two years but have been refused. I have been told by the building's management that Cathay's new housing will only afford me a one bedroom furnished apartment. Guess they know something we don't. Good luck to all those pilots that have to renew your lease soon

I just renewed for 2 years at 102,000.......so I guess your landlord is telling porkies.

Nice one Despot! Love to see how CX will get out of that one.

They'll get out of it by not paying it. Despot has signed the rental agreement; not CX and that's the whole crux of the matter.