Ahhahahahha. I need a good laugh on this.
So what you are saying is, it is Okay for Harvard and Stanford and all other elite schools to lower the bar of entry in order to give the under privilege people a chance, but to keep the exam as hard as it should be. Is this your defense? Is this your mentality?
I would be absolutely worrying if you did make it to the program.

What's the obsession with perceived prestige? What is your mentality? Are you afraid people are going to think less of you and your time at Cathay because the cadet selection process is not as rigorous as it used to be? I get it. Your interviews were tougher. You jumped through more hoops to earn your spot. You were the great chosen one. Congrats! You can pat yourself on the back every morning to remind yourself how special you are, which I have no doubt you are already doing. But with that out of the way, let's give the less special ones a chance to prove themselves. If they are as awful as you claim, they wouldn't pass their exams, wouldn't get their licenses, and wouldn't be flying any planes. As much as I agree Cathay is a ****ty employer, they have a lot more to lose if an unqualified pilot caused an accident than you. So something tells me actual pilots are being held to the same high standards as before, but more cadets are being given the chance to prove their worth. Thank goodness cadets aren't flying their planes, eh?

Using Harvard and Stanford as examples is also absurd. Just because someone went to an "elite" school doesn't mean they are more capable than someone who didn't. Similarly, just because someone was offered a role at Cathay prior to this supposed decrease in standards doesn't mean they are more capable than someone who was offered a role recently.

1. While most students in elite schools worked very hard to get in, most of them also came from extreme privileges that gave them ample opportunities to succeed. I know quite a few of these people personally.
2. Some of my high school classmates who were at the top of the class were rejected from these schools despite having similar stats as those who were admitted because schools like Harvard simply cannot admit every single qualified student. Hence, admissions often come down to luck and other non-academic factors.
3. What's taught at Harvard is not all that different from what's taught at nearby Boston University or UMass Amherst. Harvard just has the better brand name and connections, which has very little to do with the ability of its graduates.
4. People are more than the name of their school and employer.

There's enough Cathay bashing (which they deserve) in this forum. So when someone interested in becoming a Cathay cadet asks for advice, either be helpful or be quiet. There's no need to repeat what's already been said a thousand times. If they are still interested after reading this forum, they don't care - and neither should you since you've clearly moved on to greener pastures. Good for you, but many locals don't have the same opportunities as you. Stop looking back and move on.

I'd like to join a few discussion groups for the cadet program, PM me if you can add me :)

I love this. So if we go by your logic, companies should fire their Talent Acquisition department and let everybody comes in regardless of their skill sets, experiences and most importantly their interpersonal skills, as long as they have a college degree meaning they have the ability to pass exams and memorize things from a text book right? Because to your point, we need to give those less special ones to prove themselves right? For many good companies out there, reputable companies out there, they can forget about finding the best talent, because to your point, they should just open the door wide, no need to choose the good ones from the bad ones, and hoping those who got through the door will turn out to be Okay, right?

Have you actually compared the previous process with the current one? Did you know, every assessment we went through in the previous process was designed to assess a specific skill set? Think about that, if somebody knows how to pass an exam but sucks at communication, cannot covey his or her ideas through English, not being able to work as a team, how good this pilot can be? Remember. Soft skills are just as important as Hard skills. I agree with you. Just because somebody managed to get through the door doesn't mean he or she will excel at the job, likewise, just because somebody has a bachelor degree, a master degree and a phd doesn't mean he or she will be a good pilot. There are many variables that will change the outcome. But at least the standard could filter out the bad ones at the early stage.

I use Harvard and Stanford as an example because people know them and they can easily relate to them when it comes to the standard, but you have completely taken it out of context. I should have just used Parkenshop choosing apples and oranges and lemons etc etc instead.

The CX Cadetship is a fantastic opportunity for the locals to step foot across the door, no question about it, I certainly benefited from it myself, so you cannot really say they weren't giving less specifical ones a chance. It's just the less special ones were not strong enough to compete with other strong candidates at that time. (Source from previous recruiting managers) If you think what they are doing now is giving more chance to people, how come they didn't do it 10 years ago or 5 years ago? Why have they waited for so long? If CX is not getting desperate, do you think they would be still doing what they are doing now to the program?

Common sense.

That's not at all what I said. Being accepted into the cadet program is NOT the same as being offered a full-time role as a pilot. If accepted, cadets still need to go through ground school and flight training. And I'm sure the instructors will realize sooner or later if someone lacked the necessary communication or language skills to succeed as a pilot. ICAO English assessment is also required prior to being interviewed. It's not like they are accepting illiterate people into the program, are they? Seems like instead of accepting only the top 1% of all applicants, they are expanding the program and accepting the top 5% or perhaps even the top 10% of applicants. I think that's part of the reason why they partnered with PolyU to offer ground school locally - so they can increase the capacity of their classes and eliminate subpar cadets before spending big money to train them in Adelaide. And, of course, to reduce training costs in general like all corporations concerned about their bottom line. I have no doubt the standards have been lowered, but let's not pretend they are hiring random, incompetent people to fly their planes. Being accepted into the cadet program is more akin to being offered an internship as a college student with no work experience. If you suck as an intern, you won't get a full-time offer. If you suck as a cadet, you will be cut. Perhaps it's not the ideal way to recruit in your view, but it is what it is.

I don't think I took it out of context. You implied prestige = competence. Harder to get in = better. A Harvard graduate = a better employee. Please correct me if I misunderstood. And by the way, schools like Harvard already do lower their standard in test scores for underprivileged students. It's called affirmative action. (Or if daddy donated a building.) The goal is to look beyond the numbers and take an applicant's soft skills, passion, and background into consideration. The ability to pass exams and memorize things from a textbook is not everything. You said it yourself.

Like I said, they are expanding the program, which means they need more bodies. Since their pool of candidates in HK hasn't increased (one could even argue the pool has shrunk...), their standards naturally decreased. The question is by how much? Some people here are implying any random moron on the streets of HK can be accepted, which just isn't the case. There are only so many applicants in the top 1%. If they want to double the number of cadets, they have to accept applicants in the top 2%. So on and so forth. Are applicants in the top 2% or 5% really that awful? At the end of the day, being an airline pilot is just a job. You don't necessarily have to be the absolute cream of the crop, one in a million, and Capt. Sully's "Miracle on the Hudson" kind of applicant to be a safe and competent pilot. There are plenty of competent aspiring pilots out there.

And no, I am not naive enough to think a corporation is doing this out of the goodness of its heart. I know they are motivated by profit, stock prices, and executive bonuses. We all know foreign pilots at Cathay cost them an arm and a leg. Since 1,000+ have left due to ludicrous pandemic restrictions courtesy of the brilliant HK/Beijing government and worsening compensations/ work environment in the past few years, Cathay sees this as a rare opportunity to replace them with cheaper local pilots in the future. And when they are barely flying at their pre-pandemic level, they have most of the bargaining power in terms of compensation. At least for now.

I have no doubt many experienced foreign captains and first officers at Cathay feel betrayed and see little reasons to stay, but their circumstances are not the same as local HKers looking to get a foot in the door. Believe it or not, the current deal is still attractive to many locals even as a stepping stone, assuming the situation doesn't improve in the next few years.

As long as people understand what this program is and what it isn't, it's nowhere near as terrible as many veterans make it out to be.

There is a difference between giving somebody a chance and giving somebody a chance because we need them because we run out of people and we don't have any choice, which makes them a second or third choice on the list. Thank you for stating that in your last response. It's like dating with girls, well, this beautiful pretty one rejected me, I'm just gonna go with that not so pretty one and bang her hard. It's okay. Can make stuffs in my mind and I will be still fine. She might not know my intention because she is too busy sucking my cock. But the truth is, she's just a tool to me and I'm actually using her to get it off.

To CX leadership, pilots are just tools to make money, not an asset. Everything they are doing, or they have been doing are only in favor of them. I bet they realized they just need bodies to babysit for the autopilot so there isn't really a need to talk about standard. You want to leave? Sure. Pay back the money first. Besides, where can you go with P2X rating? Good luck with that.

Looking at now, I can only say that I am so blessed to have the opportunity to fly with and to be taught by many top aviators at Cathay. It was really tough, really competitive, but because of that, it makes us better, make us strong. I absolutely feel sorry to the guys and gals who are joining now, the good and the bad ones mixing up together, those are the ones they are goanna be flying with in the future.



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Source from https://www.scmp.com/article/1003965...cathay-pacific
Kelly Crawford, Flight Crew Recruitment Manager, 08/2003 - 06/2018

Guess they are no longer looking for future captains.

In fairness, this is true in nearly all professions. On one hand, employers look for people (aka tools) to make them more money. On the other hand, employees often work for ****ty companies in exchange for money and/or future opportunities. Everyone says they love aviation, but how many people would be in this profession if it paid minimum wage? Would you? Can you honestly say your current employer sees you as anything more than a tool to make them more money? If a long-term drop in demand makes you redundant, you will still be cut no matter what an asset the recruitment manger said you were. You are special and useful until you aren't. There are better and worse employers out there, but you would be a fool to think any corporation really sees you as "family" as they like to claim. Cathay is, of course, no different.

Hmm... yes and no. They are still investing in cadets and to maximize return, they would want their cadets to stay for as long as possible. After all, it'll be cheaper than hiring foreign pilots and retraining them. That said, it's not like cadets are going to become captains anytime soon, so it's fair to say their approach is more like "wait-and-see" depending on how this 3-year deal with PolyU turns out and whether Hong Kong will return to its former status as an aviation hub.

I'm afraid you are wrong. There are many good companies out there who do not treat their employees the way CX did. Of course companies would want to hire the smart ones and use them to make money, that is completely normal, but what they also do is, they'll recognize the hard working individual, and they reward them with high and attractive salary package plus bonuses, while promoting healthy, ethical and "we listen" work culture, so that everyone can feel it as soon as they walk through the doors. I don't know much about you but I am certainly working for one, and I have plenty of friends who are in or out of the industry have the same experience as I do. So you cannot say nearly all professions.

But, Is that what we are seeing at Cathay? Hell No! First, they pushed through COS18, which is such a humiliation for all pilots across the board, (given how much effort and time they have invested in), then they folded Cathay Dragon without any signs, and now rehired them back in much lower salary package. 17 years Captain, one email, gone! Now, the experienced chaps have had enough of this, one by one, walking out of the door, and some genius at the management says, you know what, there is a huge demand in the local market, let's screw them, let's take advantage of them. Afterall they are desperate, they are hungry, and they don't care much about what we do with the contract, with the standard, with upgrade time so on and forth, they will still keep knocking on the door. Don't hire the smart noisy one, hire the foolish, obedient one, often the quiet one, because they dare to say a thing. Still too expensive to train them? Let's take away their allowance for three years, so each of the individual has to contribute half of the fees. Never had I needed to contribute anything during my time at CX, except for the bond! That's the company has gone down to.

I tell you what, if each of one of them could hold back and say No and stop giving more oxygen to Cathay, CX will eventually have no choice but to be forced to improve the conditions, to improve the standard. They will finally wake up and realize..Nonononono. We can't screw them anymore. ​​​​​As I have been telling the younger guys, CX cadetship program is just one of the ways. With countries relaxing their immigration policy, one could easily take an advantage of it and build a successful flying career outside of the fragrant harbor. Yes it can be done and I have seen it in my eyes. Question is, are you willing to do the hard work.

It's really funny to see how FM responded on the current selection process, and you can't help but start wondering if FM is one of the management guys, coz his view is pretty much in line with CX leadership. Yes, by spreading the net you will get as many fishes as you want in a short period of time, but at the same time, you are dividing your soldiers as well. Guys in the previous system will always look down on the ones that come after them, and guys who joined the workforce now will always feel being looked down by the ones in higher rank. Whitsunday is a great example as he is a local. The workforce has been so divided for years between expats and locals. What CX should do as a leader is to unite their soldiers as one voice, instead they are using some cheeky tactics to screw them. Idiots. This will fire back. Mark my words.

Hi there,

I just receive an email asking me to do the ICAO English test. I saw the criteria that it needs to be Level 4 for the standards. Anyone out there who did not have a score of 4 but still get to another stage? Any one did the computer test? What is it about and can it be prepare?

Flying_melon - That’s your top 2 or 5 percent people if chloe123 made it. Proven my point.

OH MY GOD I thought this is wannabes forum, not wannabes gatekeeping/criticizing forum.

Chloe just ask a simple question, you either answer her and let her know why 4 is basic requirment, or keep you opinion to your self, but I guess it's a bit hard for you isn't it?

And for the record I have my ICAO level 5 at 2019, and I studied for 6 years for the interview and even got into final interview pre-covid, however I don't have tons of money to put me throught flight school for 20 hrs. nor I can abandon my parents and go to flight school somewhere else, yet I still got and hour on trial flight, did a ground school GFPT done, am I among those sub-standard to you? Because I don't have connection and/or money?

When I said perviously less privilege one I mean EXACTLY this. You don't know what other people go throught, so please don't judge other people too early and harshly.

Also Chloe, ICAO 4 is basic minimum for ATPL (Airline Transport Pilot Licence), so I don't think less then 3 gonna cut it. Beside english is international flight language mean your life depends on it when you are in the air, so maybe try to improve your english before consider further.

Search "Pilotest"
It isn't an excat copy of the test, but it include most cut-e in cathay, only numeracy isn't the same. However I do advice you look for more informations about the interview process, as this show your passion.

There are many information in the net, if you seriously considering this path, do some more research first, last time they ask me the bypassing ratio of CX fleet, while I am a 1 hr flying time candidate ^^".

There is no rule here that says when a member raised a question, other members have to either respond or contribute to that question. There is also no specific rule that says a member cannot inject his or her opinion after a question being raised. This is an open forum, not a court hearing. Each member is entitled to his or her opinion and other members can decide whether or not they want to respond and carry on with the discussion, as long as the comment does not violate the terms set by Moderators. Your comment like this shows nothing but a lack of maturity and a common sense. Your view about free speech can't stop me wondering whether you are in line with CCP, as other people might say, "Blue"

Since you think I was criticizing on a specific member in my previous post which I did not, I was purely directing my message to flying_melony as we were discussing on issue that relates to the current standard and tactics, now I can say this. As a job seeker, you are supposed to read carefully on the job advertisement and pay careful attention on the requirement. That's your job. On the Job Advertisement under the requirement section, it says and I quote "Achieve ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) English Language Proficiency level 4 or above". The key words, "level 4 OR ABOVE". Plain and simple. Okay. Let's say you are lazy, you didn't read anything on a JD. There is a free dictionary on your computer and in your palm where you can access 24/7. People use it to buy things, shop for clothes, book hotels, find their next vacation spots so on and so forth. Even my 68-year-old granny knows how to use google search. So don’t give me baloney. The fact that this member chose to come here without researching tells me how serious this person is to the job, and quite frankly, with this kind of spoon-fed attitude, he or she has no place in the cockpit, let alone about succeeding in life.
You have completely misinterpreted my posts. I was questioning on the selection process hence the standard, nothing more.


Based on your statement, folks who have no interest in getting ATPL do not need to be certified ICAO 4 is that what you are saying? And you have gone to a flight school? Please get your fact straight if you want to help.

I think it's unfair to for Whitsunday to judge Chloe simply based on her one question.
I only hope whitsunday is much nicer in person than he is behind keyboard.

It's almost as if I was trying to understand and explain the current selection process from the pov of CX Management. I am not one of the management guys, but thank you for acknowledging I did a great job.

Some of you don't seem to understand that CX Captains don't make the rules despite what the word "captain" may imply; management does. And to put it harshly, the people in management don't give a **** about your struggles. They are here to help CX make a profit, raise their stock price, answer to the shareholders, and fatten their own piggy bank through bonuses/stocks. So when whitsunday asked me what I thought CX's intentions were, I answered from CX management's pov because that's the only one that matters whether you agree with them or not. Whatever internal conflicts you mentioned and other complaints pilots raised are irrelevant to management. Besides, it's pretty clear the end goal is to replace most, if not all, expensive expats with locals, so why would management care about some temporary internal conflicts? You said the workforce has been divided for years between expats and locals, yet the company still hasn't collapsed. Perhaps unhappy pilots don't have much of an impact on their bottom line?

So what will happen when/if demand returns and they don't have enough pilots? Well they will have to increase compensations to attract and retain pilots. It's a free market and everyone -- and I really do mean everyone -- has a price. If the price is right, more than enough people will put their hatred for CX and the HK/Beijing government aside to come work for CX and live in a shoe box as they have done for many, many years. Mark my words.

This is NOT to say I agree with them, but this is the harsh reality. I sound like one of the management guys again, don't I?

LMAO You think EXACTLY like a management! And I say this because I have been working for CX before, I agree 100% all calculation are for the interest of shareholders AND their pocket.

To be fair, I believe most of us trying for the cadet program now knows about this as well, and we are using this opportunity just as much as they are using us for cheap labor. So please remember, don't get divided by whatever management is doing, always stand together to fight for YOUR own right.

And thanks for the insight, might be helpful for the interview :)

So much you can tell from a person based on the question he or she asked. That's why we have personality test and psychiatric test.
You might not the like he said it but everything he said is true. In my view I think whitsunday is being completely honest and forward. Reminds me of my American pals. Rude but honest.

Mental health issues are just as important as physical ones, said by many doctors. So if a junior pilot is constantly being looked down by his/her peers, I’m talking about the ones who graduated from the same program but in the old standard, they will have a higher chance to be exposed to all kinds of mental health problems, such as low self-esteem, loss of confidence, feeling being isolated in the cockpit because, let’s be honest, you are just sitting here watching somebody to fly the jet, always think I am here because they went easy on me at the interviews, totally embarrassed by his/her terrible accent in front of the bananas..(You think the locals are gonna be much nicer to each other? Wrong. Even inside the local pilot community, some of them are quite judgmental. Have flown with and worked with plenty of them before. Hey. What do you think we were doing on a 13hours flight from HKG to LAX? Now you have peer pressure, on top of that, you have CX factor. You have a company who constantly push you over the edge, doesn't care about your feelings, doesn’t care about your situation, having a take it or walk out the door attitude. You want to leave but you can't because you have nowhere to go with P2X. You are now stuck. Day after day, month after month, these mental health problems get piled up and it eventually causes fatigue, leading to anxiety, leading to depression, what worst, you might think about taking your own life. A young CX pilot who killed himself recently because of depression, the news has been widely circulating among the expat pilot community. A person dies doesn’t make the news. But what if a whole plane went down then CX is doomed. Two Hong Kong Airlines Pilots were trying to takeoff from a Taxiway. SCMP 2008. Could it be the future of Cathay?

Just received an email, and it asked me to join a video call to do this initial assessment test which include:

- Monitoring ability
- Spatial orientation
- Complex control
- Applied numeracy
- Multi-tasking
- Reaction speed
- Work related behaviour

Where would you recommend to source out the information that were mention in above? The test is 120min. Once again, much appreciated for the help! I have zero background.

Mental health is certainly important, but nothing you said is new. SO has always sat in the cockpit watching somebody fly the jet. As for accent, everybody has an accent whether they are Aussie, American, British, or local. Not all expats come from English speaking countries either, so they could very well have, for example, Spanish or French accent. But I guess the problem is only with the "terrible" accent of the locals. You are also assuming every new cadet has a thick Chinglish accent when it isn't necessarily true, is it? Plenty of locals have studied in international schools in HK and/or universities in an English speaking country.

As for being stuck at Cathay for at least a couple years due to P2X, this is a very valid point and something every cadet needs to understand before they commit to the program. This may be a deal breaker for some and a non-issue for others. But as long as you know what you are getting yourself into, I don't see this as an issue.

Anyway, it seems like half of these problems stemmed from the fact that experienced pilots at CX are too judgmental (your word... not mine!) and act all high and mighty when they interact with the newbies. So maybe they are the ones who need to do better and stop creating such a toxic work environment? CX management deserves a lot criticisms and apparently so do experienced pilots who mistreat SO, at least according to your account. Well I have an idea. Be nice and courteous to fellow crew members. Don't look down on your colleagues because you think you're the greatest pilot in the world. Don't make fun of your colleagues because they don't have the "perfect" accent in your book. You don't have to become buddies with them, but you also don't have to make them feel uncomfortable. Less a**holes in the cockpit = less peer pressure = less depression. Now everybody is happy. Problem solved.

Lastly, having low self-esteem and confidence is something everybody needs to work on on their own. Everybody earned their spot in the cockpit.

You must be so bummed out that she ignored you, Rithfung. Still want to help?

Hello. I am very new here. This program sounds very attractive, someone pays you training and give you a job, seems too good to be truth. What is the catch tho? This is Hong Kong. I know nothing is free in Hong Kong. There must be so many strings attached I supposed?

I see you people talked about P2X. What is P2X? Why can't SOs fly the plane? If they can't fly the plane, what are they here for? I thought pilots are supposed to fly the plane, like drivers. If a bus driver can't drive the bus then why is he still a bus driver? I don't understand. I like flying. I like do the takeoffs and landings. Should I fly for fun? Airlines pilots are so in trouble. Always follow rules, and SOs can't fly. Too miserable bor.

Also, what about salary? I want to buy a house, have a family, have kids. I have a girlfriend now, and we plan to get marry, I see the housing getting cheaper, because so many Hong Kong leaving Hong Kong. Is the salary good enough to buy a house?

Thank you

Oh. I forgot to say. I am 24 now. I work in bank, I am making 50K a month, base salary, on top, I get average 20K bonuses. Can I still make the same money to be Cadet/SOs?

I'm pretty sure ChrissyPrezzie was talking about local vs local, not local vs expat, which somehow I can relate to it. On that note, I just wanted to say, English has been a big problem for the locals, much have to do with the local schooling system. So for cadets who spent a whole year in Adelaide, they usually made a significant improvement in terms of their English proficiency, Spoken English precisely. Now they split the program in two locations, six months here, six months there or somewhere, they almost took this opportunity away. Not wise.

There are plenty of 2 or 5 percent applicants who have no clue about what P2X is, let alone about COS18, and I'm sure the folks who are in the process now HAVE NO IDEA what kind of mess they are about to get themselves into. (People Department will only tell you the things they want you to know, not the things you need to know)

If it was as easy as you said the world would have been in a better place. We wouldn't have so many kids being bullied problems, women being mistreated problems, LGBT people being discriminated problems, racial discrimination problems etc....We wouldn't even have Trump.

If CX could stick to their old top gun standard we wouldn't have this kind of discussion, at least they could have eliminated the substandard people from the process, which goes back to my original point, the root cause. Btw, how did that work for the young fella who died?!

Thank you to the people at Fragrant Habour Section. Now I know something about Minimum Hours, Minimum Productivity Pay, Bond etc.. It's completely new to me.
Anyone who wants to get some really good valid information, I suggest to head over that section. www.pprune.org/fragrant-harbour-19/

It's meaningless to have people constantly asking, "hey, anyone interested in joining study group?" "Hey, I'm at stage blah blah, anyone is in the same boat?" ....
This is so stupid. No wonder why experienced pilots are laughing at Cadets. They deserved to be laughed at.

lmao honestly I am just trying to help others like me, however accept or not is not up to me.

And I will still offer help to those who need, after all I have been helped by many others before.

MDRT22 asked a few important questions, how come I didn't see you responding? As you said "I will still offer help to those who need"

Oh yeah, totally not a troll there :D

I do have a good laugh with the perfect lihkg format post :)

Not sure if you took the aptitude test yet, but if you did you probably know what it's like now. But I'll reply just for those who are looking to apply in the near future or are about to take the test. The test is run by Aon, so just search Aon [the test in question] on Google and you should be able to find some sample tests.
Monitoring Ability: it's a test with moving dots and you pretty much have to guess how many there are. This one was virtually impossible when it reaches 8+ balls and you pretty much just have to guess. Tells you if you were right or wrong every question.
Spatial Orientation: plane with a heading and a location beacon and you select where the plane is out of 9 possible spots. No instant feedback.
Complex Control: fly through a tunnel trying to get to the highest "level". You can control the speed, but it will also automatically speed up if you keep going without hitting anything. If you hit something, it will stop you briefly and continue on.
Applied Numeracy: 20 questions of pretty simple math, you have 15 minutes to do them. Calculators are allowed so if you know your formulas it's pretty simple (ie. volume, area, conversions, percentages, etc.) No instant feedback.
Multi-Tasking: 3 tasks: determine if a triangle is point left or right, mental addition/subtraction, duplicates numbers. Pretty easy if you're good at mental math. Instant feedback for wrong answers.
Reaction Speed: 2 shapes, press equal when same shape. Easiest test IMO. Instant feedback.
Work Related Behavior: the most time consuming one. I think there were about 100 questions and took me about 30 minutes to do them.

I don't know how well I did but they sent me a final interview offer within 2 hours of submitting the aptitude test.
Will update on what they ask after my interview!

Also not related, but a lot of salty, angry, and gatekeeping elitists on this forum lol

Hi! Thanks a lot for sharing. May i ask how far away is your final interview? And did they give you any choices in terms of time slots? Heard the process is pretty rushed nowadays with little to no time to prepare, unlike the old times where they took their time for different stages.

dot0086, perhaps you will understand more when you put yourself in their shoes.
jacarandaa, Why the rush? Here is your answer.

http://www.ft.com/content/c906a883-9...d-fb8c42ce448c

4 slots, furthest slot was 3 days away from invitation email. Pretty rushed indeed!

Agree. From the day I made an application to the day I had the interview, it only takes about three weeks, so things are definitely moving swiftly fast for me and I did not have the time to do much preparation, I was going with the flow. I remember at one point at the interview I was asked how soon I can start if I am accepted to the program, I was like, wow, you guys are really desperate..Have a bad feeling about this somehow lol.

HI Trigonometry. I just get excited to hear from your story. I applied KA cadet in 2018. Now I'm preparing for the second application. Unfortunately, I cannot pm you since your inbox is fulled. Instead, I hope we could talk about it via Tg: davidcx0117 I'm grateful for your help.

CX Interview Stage
 

Hi guys,

I just recently applied for the cadet program and will be taking the computer-based assessment soon (by soon I mean in 2 days).
I am currently overseas and was wondering if the interview will be done online or in person.
If it will be done in person I am going to have to book my tickets soon so any insight will be greatly appreciated!

The new process mostly conduct online, including the cut-e test and final interview.
However the ICAO english test might be a bit tricky, but I believe if you can find one ICAO exam provider in your city, CX will accept the result as well.
So the only process need to be done in person is medical check, which is conduct at CX headquarter i believe.

Is the final interview conducted in person or via Teams? Cheers!

I am located overseas and mine was done via Teams. I am not sure for those based locally.

Local here, got my final interview via Teams as well.
Only medical check needs to go cathay city in person