Cathay hiring DESOs again????
 

Has anyone heard recently that CX is about to restart hiring DESOs again?

That is not the case. They are desperate for FO & Captian only.
New cadet graduates have to work as ground staff for 2 months due to lack of senior pilots to train them. A backlog of cadets waiting for their SO training.

Looks like recruitment for SO is back on the table. 2 of my colleagues got an email for video interviews.

Friend spoke to HR and was told they are looking at experienced DESOs for short courses; it doesn’t ‘ make sense with the current huge training backlog and a few other things but that is what he has been told. Probably forget it unless you are a HKer .

You are correct only those with some experience are getting an invite and that include foreigners as well.

Can confirm, friend of mine got an email back from the application they had sent in 4 years ago (pre covid) for an online interview. They have 3k TT and 1k+ 320 time.

They’re not interested for obvious reasons but strange that CX is sending out SO interview opportunities when they still have cadets in the pipeline.

CX management have proved to the world they are morons so anything is possible really. Surprised as it goes away from their China policy direction, but I guess beggars can't be choosers.

I also got an interview , covid era I applied, also have experience

Joda has finally applied !

what kind of experience are we talking about here? Jets or pistons?

No piston time just Turbine and Jets

Is the interview for DEFO or SO?

That's funny:-))

I also applied during the covid Era and have experience. Back then I had only turbine and piston time but now I have stable jet job and I won't be going ahead with the application.

Hi folks, has anyone completed the online interview recently? Any tech question involved? Cheer.

GK, I have been facilitating some of the video interviews for new DESO's and DEFO's as I have previous experience working with mentally handicapped children. The best way to describe it, its kind of a 'getting to know you exercise' that looks at several areas, including tech, to check that you have the qualities of a Cathay Pacific Junior pilot.

Example Tech Questions

Do you know what a wing is?
Can you spell the word 'flap'?
What size propellors are on the B777-300ER? (note: this is a trick question)

Example IQ Questions

Can you touch your nose?
Can you use crayons to colour whilst staying inside the lines?
Did you eat the crayon?

Example HR Questions

Are you interested in flying as a career, or this just a stepping stone for social media?
Have you ever taken psychotropic substances or opioids?
Are you sure, because you applied for a job here?

You forgot the behavioural questions.

Example behavioural questions

1) You wake up one morning to an email from the company which contains a revised Employee Handbook, which basically outlines the terms and conditions of your employment. In this revised handbook, it says the target hours for your fleet have increased to 70 hours, meaning any productivity will be single figures at best. What are you going to do?

2) Also in this handbook, to help alleviate the crew shortage, there's a revised policy, crew can only log time in the seat, (like GCAA) meaning all your L/H flights will be at half pay. What do you think about that?

3) You come home from a trip, your wife is excited to see you. She tells you that she's pregnant, but you had a vasectomy over a year ago. What are you going to do?

4) You've made your way up through the ranks. You're now a CPT. One day you're flying along and to create some sort of converstion to pass the time, the F/O asks "Do you and your wife still live in XXX?" Only you've never met this F/O before and never told him where you lived. What will you do?

CRM question.

How will you handle sitting next to a crew member who has not lifted a finger against management in the four years this handbook has been changing?
How do you feel that he’d rather count his MPS (Minuscule Pieces of Silver) rather than fight for appropriate remuneration and a meaningful lifestyle?
How will you inform him that pilots the world over are using a rare window of leverage to improve their conditions while cx pilots are uniquely doing nothing?
How will you react when a colleague is blaming management or the company for their substandard employment conditions when the reality is they have no one to blame but themselves?

Well that’s an easy one, join management.

Better to be safe than sorry. Safety group you could say.