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Forum: Fragrant Harbour
10th Apr 2024, 04:38
Replies: 11
Views: 3,457
Posted By Pickuptruck

Get CPL revalidated, they used to take into...

Get CPL revalidated, they used to take into account your previous experience for flight grading, now you just need to pass. So a few hours will help with that. Get a few years at CX RHS then decide...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
26th Mar 2024, 03:19
Replies: 281
Views: 186,232
Posted By Pickuptruck

And the CX Koolaide drinkers compare CX to Atlas...

And the CX Koolaide drinkers compare CX to Atlas or literally any non Legacy carrier or LCC. Now that is sad. No one is leaving a legacy carrier career such as AA UA AC QF BA etc to do 30 years at...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
7th Mar 2024, 02:08
Replies: 54
Views: 23,445
Posted By Pickuptruck

We lost it at the death of COS99/08, only option...

We lost it at the death of COS99/08, only option back then was 50% of your total allowance, which plenty did in the final days of Cathay Version 1. We now work for Cathay Version 2, so along with the...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
4th Feb 2024, 21:59
Replies: 73
Views: 27,540
Posted By Pickuptruck

We had 230 new joiners and around 210 quit so...

We had 230 new joiners and around 210 quit so we're up by 20 or so in last 12 months. we had historically around 50-60 retire every year in the 20 ish years pre 2018. So CX still has 4 times the...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
4th Dec 2023, 20:24
Replies: 281
Views: 186,232
Posted By Pickuptruck

This is the amazing part. The number of guys who...

This is the amazing part. The number of guys who love COS 18 ,who cling to the notion that CX is better than ever. We need to work at least 21-27 hrs a month more to make up for the pay cut under...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
22nd Oct 2023, 05:24
Replies: 281
Views: 186,232
Posted By Pickuptruck

Still is pretty amazing that crew are either...

Still is pretty amazing that crew are either leaving in the middle of a command course to start at the bottom again with a major elsewhere or leaving having just completed a command course at CX to...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
4th Oct 2023, 18:21
Replies: 108
Views: 67,805
Posted By Pickuptruck

Jesus, ok so over 400 CN left and around 30 have...

Jesus, ok so over 400 CN left and around 30 have come back. And that sounds like plenty returning???????

I don't have the very latest Mercer cost of living index in front of me but they specialise...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
6th Sep 2023, 12:39
Replies: 37
Views: 12,655
Posted By Pickuptruck

Jesus, the undying belief in CX being the...

Jesus, the undying belief in CX being the greatest employer ever never ceases to amaze me. Stockholm syndrome much.

https://jobs.flightglobal.com

Click on your fleet. click on jobs, click on...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
5th Sep 2023, 08:20
Replies: 37
Views: 12,655
Posted By Pickuptruck

One of the recruiters sent their monthly roundup...

One of the recruiters sent their monthly roundup of contract jobs out there. On Base salary CX is literally the worst paying job in Asia on a widebody. The end can't come soon enough, an Air China...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
26th Aug 2023, 01:30
Replies: 36
Views: 16,227
Posted By Pickuptruck

"arguably" I compare CX COS with mates at QF...

"arguably"

I compare CX COS with mates at QF or Air NZ that like me joined their carrier more than a couple of decades ago. There's around an 80% swing between how much they've gone up and I've...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
29th Jul 2023, 01:18
Replies: 118
Views: 67,926
Posted By Pickuptruck

Ok, I apologise. So, much like a Villa at EK,...

Ok, I apologise. So, much like a Villa at EK, you're also in a 2500 sqft sized place but in Hkg which even in todays market is $10-12m USD. And you own it. Awesome. Or more likely you're in 800 sq...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
27th Jul 2023, 21:10
Replies: 118
Views: 67,926
Posted By Pickuptruck

This is utter BS, an equivalent apartment for...

This is utter BS, an equivalent apartment for what you get in DXB even for an F/O in HKG would be at least $80K, figure $120-140 for an equivalent villa in HKG. There are plenty of guys putting a ton...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
1st Apr 2023, 05:13
Replies: 118
Views: 67,926
Posted By Pickuptruck

Plenty in Dubai are commuting to Europe. Just...

Plenty in Dubai are commuting to Europe. Just saying. Maybe not to North America but Europe is pretty straightforward.
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
28th Dec 2022, 04:04
Replies: 31
Views: 19,271
Posted By Pickuptruck

$169 billion deficit this year, economy...

$169 billion deficit this year, economy contracting by 3%, Stamp duty income down by 83%. Building a bunch of islands in the harbour for close to a trillion dollars for govt housing. Socialist...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
24th Dec 2022, 00:18
Replies: 31
Views: 19,271
Posted By Pickuptruck

except every expat came to CX based on a better...

except every expat came to CX based on a better package than in their home country. Look at the current (2022)salary in BA QF NZ etc for what you’d get after say a 20 yr career. CX is way behind,...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
17th Nov 2022, 02:51
Replies: 30
Views: 11,842
Posted By Pickuptruck

This hits the nail on the head. You can head off...

This hits the nail on the head. You can head off to your quick upgrade Expat job but invariably you find yourself putting off all those hobbies you were doing in the UK because you just can't do them...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Nov 2022, 12:33
Replies: 1,254
Views: 704,202
Posted By Pickuptruck

It was a few decades ago and you're probably...

It was a few decades ago and you're probably right, pedals jammed full left or full right or locked centre. Check airman was retired USMC.
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Nov 2022, 01:41
Replies: 1,254
Views: 704,202
Posted By Pickuptruck

Thank you for the explanation.

Thank you for the explanation.
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Nov 2022, 14:49
Replies: 1,254
Views: 704,202
Posted By Pickuptruck

I think it was at 430 ft? You couldn't get the...

I think it was at 430 ft? You couldn't get the collective down and the power off and get some forward airspeed and airflow over the fuselage? What did you practice when you train for that scenario...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Nov 2022, 14:09
Replies: 1,254
Views: 704,202
Posted By Pickuptruck

Was the accident caused by mechanical failure or...

Was the accident caused by mechanical failure or the pilots inability to cope with or action training to cope with the mechanical failure? I have no idea the recurrent training that UK licences go...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
7th Dec 2021, 21:59
Replies: 44
Views: 25,563
Posted By Pickuptruck

Everyone I fly with that's looking at EK can't...

Everyone I fly with that's looking at EK can't believe how sh*t the pay is. Grass isn't always greener but it's nice to pretend.
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
17th Nov 2021, 22:12
Replies: 59
Views: 41,209
Posted By Pickuptruck

The more that people moan about working at CX the...

The more that people moan about working at CX the more they moan they can't go to 65 while working at CX. Instead the rumour mill floods with stories of mass resignations that never actually happen....
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
10th Nov 2021, 21:43
Replies: 242
Views: 137,308
Posted By Pickuptruck

When the 747 operation provides less than 20% of...

When the 747 operation provides less than 20% of the company revenue on a good year, then just right now with the bleeding of cash by the pax fleet, there is no money in freight. Not enough to save...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
3rd Nov 2021, 00:04
Replies: 85
Views: 47,932
Posted By Pickuptruck

Jnr380 I love the blind optimism that we're...

Jnr380

I love the blind optimism that we're one day going to go back to the PanAm 1960's in renumeration and social status. Vietnam contract jobs currently are paying skippers $2-4 k a month, the...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
29th Jul 2021, 06:07
Replies: 143
Views: 67,408
Posted By Pickuptruck

I got my info from a 744 trainer at BA who didn’t...

I got my info from a 744 trainer at BA who didn’t have the rosy rainbows and unicorns outcome you speak so highly of. STP there are none so blind as those who refuse to see, go look at the losing...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
27th Jul 2021, 22:26
Replies: 143
Views: 67,408
Posted By Pickuptruck

Living wise maybe, if you're going to be on the...

Living wise maybe, if you're going to be on the bones of your ass in aviation maybe better to be on the bones in your home country. But mill workers rights, are you serious? BA fired their most...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
28th Apr 2021, 23:29
Replies: 365
Views: 214,347
Posted By Pickuptruck

Amazes me that it doesn’t matter how many Airline...

Amazes me that it doesn’t matter how many Airline employees in the UK get utterly shafted with contracts that suddenly, in this pandemic, turn out to be worthless, CX pilots still think that they’re...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
28th Apr 2021, 11:19
Replies: 365
Views: 214,347
Posted By Pickuptruck

BalloonBuster Sadly for BA and another half...

BalloonBuster

Sadly for BA and another half a dozen airlines in the UK their pilot contracts in the current pandemic have proved to be worthless. But good luck anyway.
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
24th Mar 2021, 07:34
Replies: 41
Views: 27,838
Posted By Pickuptruck

Heard they’re coming. Also many that were fired...

Heard they’re coming. Also many that were fired haven’t been invited back.
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
23rd Mar 2021, 23:22
Replies: 41
Views: 27,838
Posted By Pickuptruck

Jnr380 Vietjet paying $3k usd a month for...

Jnr380

Vietjet paying $3k usd a month for contract skippers at the moment. Anyone who hasn’t been fired in the ME is on at best 50%, though I have mates on housing and education paid only and base...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
31st Dec 2020, 14:18
Replies: 30
Views: 19,828
Posted By Pickuptruck

You're either on drugs or dropped as a child....

You're either on drugs or dropped as a child. You're assuming China Southern are going to roll over as well?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Dec 2020, 10:34
Replies: 189
Views: 43,544
Posted By Pickuptruck

Love how the English think every plane they made...

Love how the English think every plane they made was the greatest. Even the utter piles of crap, were the best utter piles of crap. The yanks are happy to admit they made some good stufff and some...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
1st Dec 2020, 04:18
Replies: 22
Views: 25,265
Posted By Pickuptruck

Why don’t you ask the ex USA legacy sim...

Why don’t you ask the ex USA legacy sim instructors at CX who lost over 60% of their pension funds, taken by the USA legacy carriers they worked for....
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
26th Nov 2020, 12:03
Replies: 21
Views: 12,367
Posted By Pickuptruck

Flex88 So you took that F/O job with BA...

Flex88

So you took that F/O job with BA starting on 200K sterling and you bought a 6 bedroom detached in Surrey.

Or the reality is I can't find anywhere that pays better so you better stop...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
26th Nov 2020, 11:08
Replies: 71
Views: 34,331
Posted By Pickuptruck

controlledrest So if CX is a LCC then you’d...

controlledrest

So if CX is a LCC then you’d be over the moon about the expat package at SIA? The one that paid less than COS18......

I’d love to know where the amazing pay is in 2020 or even...
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