An interesting (training?) flight CX9407
Are they practicing touch and go in MFM? Cannot add a link as I don't have enough posts (long time lurker) but still curious.
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Originally Posted by olegius
(Post 10764421)
Are they practicing touch and go in MFM? Cannot add a link as I don't have enough posts (long time lurker) but still curious.
From FlightRadar24: https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....1f558b4049.jpg |
Base training. Recency is being done in the sim.
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Or not. !!
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I would have thought this crisis would have been the final nail in the coffin for Base Training.
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Originally Posted by arse
(Post 10765731)
I would have thought this crisis would have been the final nail in the coffin for Base Training.
i believe the company are still doing quite a number of command courses this year. That doesn't sound like a company expecting to end up in a coffin. |
Don't doubt CX will survive. It has deep pockets, and if need be, can sell quite a few more aircraft to get through the rest of this year/next. The real question is what will the value of the job of pilot be worth when the management have finished with their "adjustment" ? My suspicion is that they won't lose the opportunity of a corporate lifetime to rejig their entire cost structure. I think the GMA's recent letter gives an indication of where they are heading. We'll find out soon enough....
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Originally Posted by LongTimeInCX
(Post 10765863)
why?
i believe the company are still doing quite a number of command courses this year. That doesn't sound like a company expecting to end up in a coffin. The coffin reference had nothing to do with the current company challenges. Rather, the outdated Base Training requirement. As for why CX is continuing training in the current environment, well that is a completely different subject. |
Originally Posted by arse
(Post 10766636)
Why? Because CX has been talking about getting rid of Base Training for many years. Base Training is considered nothing more than a "jolly"; an ineffective and expensive exuberance!
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Exactly, base training, while great fun is simply outdated and CX would have got rid of it years ago if they could. The HKCAD is in the dark ages as expected of a post '97 civil servant operation.
The amount of crew who end up back in the simulator post base training is testimony to the fact that belting around in the sim for what's needed is the way ahead. If that's 100+ circuits then that's that sadly. Base training can't fix it. |
Originally Posted by SMOC
(Post 10768423)
Exactly, base training, while great fun is simply outdated and CX would have got rid of it years ago if they could. The HKCAD is in the dark ages as expected of a post '97 civil servant operation.
The amount of crew who end up back in the simulator post base training is testimony to the fact that belting around in the sim for what's needed is the way ahead. If that's 100+ circuits then that's that sadly. Base training can't fix it. My base training back in the day was a formality for all five of us, except the one pilot from GA, who was on his second hack at it and still did horrendously awful. |
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