Cathay Pacific Cadet Pilot Programme

[lucky86]

Flight grading fail rate

Hi all,

Can anyone shed some light on the cx basic flight grading fail rate?

Im pretty sure no one knows the exact figure, but can anyone share their own experience of their batch on this forum?

Thanks.

[i follow road]

With my batch half made it but I've also heard that previous batches had 100% success rate. It's all up to FTA I think, If they think you're suitable, you'll pass. It's not a competition or anything, do your best!

[Pyromania]

Flight Grading

When do you find out whether or not you pass Flight Grading?

Also, does anyone have the POH and Checklist of the Grob115?

Thanks in advance!

[F277]

Hi everyone,

I signed up to the SO cadet pilot programme back in 2011 and then in April 2012 I got that 'Application Update' email which many of you received. I filled it in, sent it back and haven't heard anything since.

Have any of you which sent the form back in April got a confirmation or a reply for a Stage 1 interview? I applied for the less than 250 hour programme and put the London as a preferred interview location.

Thanks

[B7879]

Anyone will have the icao soon?
Lets meet up for practice if you are interested

[flypaul]

Hi F277,


im in the same shoe.

i havent heard anything back since i sent back them.

Lot of guys received rejection e-mail from this team.

if you did not hear anything maybe you have chance

[Pilotofutur]

Age limit

Hi folks,

I have been searching at several aviation forum sites the answer to the following question, but I did not find it:
What is the MAXIMUM age limit to be considered as an applicant for the Cathay second officer program?

Thanks a lot!

[flyber]

Cx and Hkid

Why would Cathay really bother to invite a candidate to stage 2/3 in Hong Kong knowing very well they will not finally take you due to the current immigration issues involving non hkid holders for ab initio? Mind you, somebody has to buy a ticket to transit to a nearest port CX flies to, paying highly for it, in order to connect to their flight to HK. Talk of "escorting others to do the actual interview".

[Pyromania]

Flight Grading - Aug 18

Hi,

Is anyone going for Flight Grading August 18 to August 25?

Please PM me.

Thanks!

[Pyromania]

I heard the eldest they have admitted for Ab-Initio was 39 and for Advanced Entry it's 43.
I am not sure if they have (or allow to have) an age limit.

[flapsupdown]

Time to command is long but I think you'll get there within 30 years. So if you are 35, you might not be a captain for long but if you work until you retire you certainly will make command (assuming you pass all the checks).

And no, recruitment won't increase drastically. A lot of orders are for replacement rather than growth.

[etrang]

So everybody's saying the programmes rubbish , it's a sh*t package,

No, not everyone. A small group of disgruntled CX pilots and a few others with a grudge against Cathay say its rubbish because they fear that if this scheme is successful it will eventually lead to a worse package for them.

They may well be right, and the package isn't that good. Unfortunately its still a lot better than many of the alternatives.

[crwjerk]

I have been searching at several aviation forum sites the answer to the following question, but I did not find it:
What is the MAXIMUM age limit to be considered as an applicant for the Cathay second officer program?

There is no age discrimination.

[1stflightout]

There is no age discrimination per se, but companies can say that, "We have other candidates who more closely match our requirements" if your age is an issue, thus they are not being discriminatory.

[krislamb]

Hi there, I have submitted my application on May, but till now haven't got any feedback yet. Is there anyone with the same situation as mind? Just wonder when they will reply.

[nevet]

Just to clarify, Cathay is no longer hiring or interviewing people who do not have a HK ID, right?

[flapsupdown]

Correct - regardless of what it says on the website, a HKID card is a requirement for the Ab Initio program, at this moment in time.

However, I have started to hear rumors that wannabe's are bypassing this requirement by becoming employees of CX in other positions before applying. Anyone shed light on whether this is true?

[Clish]

However, I have started to hear rumors that wannabe's are bypassing this requirement by becoming employees of CX in other positions before applying. Anyone shed light on whether this is true?

I highly doubt it... Training is the reason why an HKID is required. Coming from another department in the same company does not make it any difference. Note that it is not simply an HKID, you need to be a permanent resident; either be born in HK or have lived in HK for 7 years after getting an HKID card

[SloppyJoe]

Also why would a company like CX go through the trouble of hiring someone in a different department so they can circumnavigate immigration laws. Its not as if an ab-initio cadet has some great skills that CX just can't do without.

[flapsupdown]

Clish/Sloppy,

Thats what I was thinking as well.....

don't think CX are trying to get around immigration laws...just a few interested cabin crew are applying from within the company