CX pilots salaries to be pegged closer to hours flown as airline revamps
 

"Annual basic pay for captains will be ‘aligned with market levels"

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...er-hours-flown

EK will be miles ahead now. 2.3 mil HKD ...no tax and fee housing. Sin pay less tax than us and have cheaper housing.

The Pfund will be a minimum $1500 HKD per month.

“I’d have to find out what the promotion prospects are first because the pay isn’t going to cover living expenses in Hong Kong for an expat,”

Just about says it all.

I'LL bet someone falling for the scheme bets on hard 6's at craps.

Market levels = HX and HKE I guess in their view.

Attract experienced pilots for less pay and benefits, still with 12 years to command and living in the most expensive city in the world and a P.fund that even after cashing it out to retire you'll still need food stamps to survive.....

How the mighty have fallen.........

Guys, there is no shortage of crew. There is only a shortage of crew that we would want up the pointy end. Cx management don't care about experience or ability.

It's unfortunate that a lot of people see pilots as just glorified bus drivers, and thus pay them as such.

It would seem CX to muppets are learning from the EK muppets .
in a past life a song use to say “blunties they don't bother me". It seems this is no longer the case .

*blunty being a non aircrew person .

I agree, don't forget Indians and Malaysians, they'll all move into shared accommodation in Tung Chung and commute. With the wages they earn here, they'll be living like kings back home

Yup.

Refugee pilots and home-grown that don't know any better.

Ten or twelve to a boarding house, trainer's gleefully training them and collecting THEIR dough, enough of the rest hanging around long enough to get the new guys spun up, and Bob's Your Uncle.

Any problems come well downline when the new guys (maybe) figure out what has been happening.

There IS some solace in those who have figured this out and bailed to go to a first world carrier where there really IS a pilot shortage. And that even on a regional salary (in that location) you live better than your lot now.

The conspiracy theorists I guess missed this one although we probably should've seen it coming with how locals and expats hire domestics (who work very very hard, are in some cases not treated particularly well, and paid very little compared with what it would cost anywhere else).

The transformation is almost complete. Once THE best airline in the world, renowned for it's service, innovation, longhaul non-stop flying, expatriate pilots and forward thinking management. It is now a third rate legacy carrier, with mediocre service ( not in the top 20 for years ). copycat product, cheap local pilots and a management tier not fit for purpose. All we need now ( and it is coming ) is a serious accident like Xiamen or Emirates and the transformnation will be complete. Goodbye Cathay, it was nice flying with you.

FOR THOSE LOOKING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE:
 

What this article fails to address is the fine print items in COS '18. Not only will your salary be lower and heavily dependent upon productivity, it will have many fewer pay points for all ranks that would normally increase your compensation annually throughout your career, with a few exceptions. Your guaranteed days off will decrease, your positioning pay (as a passenger) will decrease to half of the current rate, your annual leave entitlement will decrease, and your company retirement contribution will drop by 36% from current levels. Many of these items were already at lower levels than competitors in Europe, USA, Middle East, etc for current employees. Second class citizen? You bet.