KPHL dont worry bout that BMI too much. I got through and my BMI was around 27. I train quite hard at the gym though so dont have too much excess fat on me. Im sure if the doctor is concerned about it they will talk to you about it when you do your medical in stage 3. All the best.

FACT........ Some Captains and Senior First Officers will never be eligible to hold a base in their home countries. Your chances of being based anywhere other than Hong Kong are VERY slim. :{

jumping the gun
 

again, what is it with you guys... you havent even got a job and are wondering about where you are going to live. i thought you REALLY wanted to fly a big shiny jet, thats why you have applied to CX at the grand old age of 18 - with years of life experience. If you really want to work for CX, a HK company, expect to live in HK. hold the phone..... shouldnt you be worrying about trying to pass the interview first????!

Captain Weird, you are in a long line of the desperate.... what do they say...? beggars can't be choosers... if you want to fly for CX, on these low conditions, dont expect to be able to "survive" 4 years as an SO and then be able to pick and choose where you want to go. you are going to be flying long haul, out of HK for the next 30 years! Get used to it. If you are lucky enough, you may one day be offered a base, but dont count your chickens! Just enjoy the ride.

be prepared to stay n HKG for at least a decade before you have any chance of an overseas base, or if u get fed up, move to another airline...

overseas base is hardly possible, unless u apply for CX Cargo

Thank you very much guys who have answered my questions.

@lost&found: I am already expecting to live for a long time in Hong Kong. But I was just wondering about the possibility. Now I have the information to dont expect too much to get out of Hong Kong. But asking questions and wondering about the possibility, are those things come bad over to you? Or do I ask stupid questions... Not, I was not aware of the 'slots' and the huge amount of pilots which want to get out of Hong Kong. Now I know it. Thank you too for answering my question.

Does anyone know where to find the most up to date salary for s/o's?

1st interview
 

Just been emailed about first interview in HK. I indicated Singapore as first choice and Hk 2nd choice. Applied in late Dec 2010. Didnt managed to go for the Spore interview leh but they gave me HK on May 11. Anyone?

NICE!!

i think putting HK as 2nd choice will end up like your case

HK is also on my 2nd choice, but i haven't received any email from them..


Do note that if u reject going to HK, i'm afraid u'll have to wait till the next time they come to SG, which may be 2012 March-May..

Hi guys! Thank you so much for the very useful information. I'm a fresh graduate from Independent Administrative Institution Civil Aviation College, Japan.
I have JCAB(Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan) CPL and IR and 250hrs of FLT time. Actually I’m an Indonesian and have been in Japan for 10yrs.
I really want to be a pilot of CX, so if you don’t mind could you give me some info about the CX cadet pilot programme ?
And of course I wonder if we can help each other and make good friends too.
Thank you so much!

Guys,

This is a very informative thread, I hope we all can assume the high standards of CX.. But I have a question about the selection pass rates..

What are the pass rates over the selection processes?
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
Stage 3:
Stage 4(FG):

Somebody who has an idea??

Thanks!

Hi guys.. has any1 who attended the Singapore selection in March received a response from CX yet?

ask haliflex

what scale do cadet entry captains go on? C scale or it goes up by rank?
thanks

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You do actually realise that there is no such thing as C-Scale? It is just an affectionate term given to the B-Scalers that aren't on ex-pat terms.
Promotion to different ranks does not put you on a different scale. But yes, LEC will always remain on the B-Scale (C -Scale) regardless of the new 36K per month available to them.

Thanks for the info betpump5 :ok:

Just another quick question, do JFOs get a proper rating to log "real hours" and properly type rated as well?, and whats the difderence between JFO duties and a normal FO?
Cheers in advance

You get a full rating as a JF/O it's all exactly the same as an F/O, the only thing different is, you guessed it the $$$ the company pays JF/Os less (for the same job) for 6 months to a year possibly more if you screw up.

thanks SMOC for that:ok:

another question, whats the most number of days (average) in a row SOs FOs Cptns get off in a month?

last question (to those who can be bothered)...

two pilots A and B

pilot A is self funded up to fATPL + MECIR + IR, builds hours instructing and doing GA + eventually RPT then gets into the cadetship with a solid 3000 hours or so...

meanwhile Pilot B a fresh out of highschool shiny jet groupie ab-initio gets into the cadetship

assuming they both start their position as S/O at the same time, are there ANY advantages at all (financial, career progression, T&Cs etc) that pilot A will have over pilot B? besides experience and decision making skills (and stories to tell)

like say for example would pilot A be offered an upgrade to JFO-FO-Cptn earlier or quicker?

thanks in advance to anyone who can shed some light:ok:
p.s im not implying that all icadets/wannabes are shiny jet groupies

Pilot A after gaining his 3000 hours would laugh at what CX is offering and find a better job.

If he was blinkered enough to join as a cadet he would have no advantage over pilot B, if B joined the day before he would be offered a JFO course first, command course first, would get the same trip they both requested as is more senior, would get on the last seat of a flight before pilot A using staff tickets.

so in other words... CX ≠ good T&C for new joiners :yuk:
at least for the time being seeing they are not recruiting either DEFOs or DESOs