SloppyJoe
 

wow thanks for the detailed info there!

so can a S/O have a P2X rating for more than one aircraft? or does a P2X rating mean you can operate on any of their fleet as S/O?

and after your time as a S/O do you get to choose what aircraft you want to be F/O on?... with the large order of the 777-300ER's it looks like that's were most will end up.

any thoughts?

Thanks

Accepted to the San Francisco Initial Interview on July 6th. Anyone else on this thread going to be there? I am going to go back and read all the pages on this thread for any information, but does anyone have any advice on how it is going down and what to expect. Also, what I should study? Thanks.

corecreate
 

Nope, I do not have any flying experience. How about you?
I am currently working in a completely different industry...

June 15th
 

Received an E-Mail from Cathay to attend an Interview on the 15th of June in New York, just wondering if anyone else going to be stopping by?

Thanks!

A P2X rating is specific to an aircraft and no you cant get a rating for a 340 and then use it to fly a 777.

If you get a P2X rating on a 747-400 you can fly the type you got the rating on but would then need to do a differences course for the freighter, the ERF, the converted pax to freighter aircraft and so on. Once you had completed the differences course and passed the test you can fly the other types of 747.

The only exception to this in CX is the Airbus. You do the P2X rating for the A340 and also used to do a differences course for the 340-600 (obviously not anymore). Once you meet the minimum experience required to do the CCQ course (200 hours in the 340 and a specified number or sectors) you go on an A330 course, do a sim and a line check. Differences courses do not require any simulator of line training/checks but the CCQ does. It takes a day as the aircraft are very similar for the ground school for the CCQ.

You can sometimes chose what you upgrade onto other than the 747-400 as they do not upgrade SOs on that fleet, think they have done in the past but only guys with extensive jet experience prior to CX. You can sometimes turn down a course saying you want to wait for the 777 for example but sometimes they say no you do this one. Currently I doubt anyone would turn down any course as progress has really slowed and who knows how many months would be the wait for a different type.

Yes lots of 777 on their way but this does not mean everyone will upgrade onto it. Lots of FO's want to move to the 777 from the airbus as the rosters are better so they may do that and then SOs upgrade onto the bus to take their places.

Stage 1b Interviews
 

Thanks for all the useful information, everyone. :)

I had a quick question: I did my Stage 1a on April 19th and was told to wait 2-3 weeks for a reply. I had to leave Hong Kong for a family emergency on April 25th and only arrived last night. Yesterday was the 21st day (3rd week) after April 19th and I still haven't received a call or an email. I didn't notify CX HR that I had left as I thought I would only be a few days. I left my mobile as well as my home numbers; however, since I left, my mobile hasn't been accessible. My sister (who stayed in Hong Kong) told me no one's called.

I haven't gotten a rejection email (as mentioned by past replies to this thread) but I'm afraid I may have missed their call.
Have I lost any chance of getting a Stage 1b interview? Should I call?

Anyone else who had their Stage 1a on April 19th and has already been contacted for Stage 1b, please PM me!

Hoping against hope that I still have a chance. :(

Ps. corecreate & calvin_1912 - I applied, and am from, the Philippines. :)

They got back to me a month minus 1 day after my 1a interview. I wouldn't worry about it at all until at least a month has gone by.

Stage 1b Interviews
 

Alright! Should get back to studying the JKI Manual then. ;)

Thanks BigglesNBella!

SloppyJoe
 

again thanks for the greatly detailed info! :)

Quote: Currently I doubt anyone would turn down any course as progress has really slowed and who knows how many months would be the wait for a different type.. What do you think things will be like for cathay SO's in say 12 months? is it true some have waited for 6 months before they could get into operations?

and what is the CCQ course?

thanks a great deal

living at FTA
 

if there are any cadets at FTA at the moment, or an ex cadet now S/O, what is it like living at the FTA facility? what are the times you are allowed out? are there any rules or curfews?

062777
 

Hi 062777, when did you submit your online application and what did you indicate for your first and second choice of assessment location?

I applied way back in August 2009 and haven't heard from them yet...

Not sure how long people wait before they start as an SO I was talking about upgrade to JFO.

CCQ is a Cross Crew Qualification course. Allows an SO who only has a rating for the A340 to fly the A330 also when they pass the CCQ course. You then have A340 and A330 on your license.

SloppyJoe
 

I stand corrected! :ok:

Though I don't understand why flights of less than 8 hours would require an S/O, when the flight isn't long enough for the crew to exceed their legal duty limit?

hi all i attended the initial interview in singapore on the 20th apr.
2weeks ago i received an email from the medical dept asking me to go for an ophthalmology test.
does this mean that i've passed?
i wouldnt want to fork out money for the medical and then realise that i've failed.

thanks

Reasoning test stage 1
 

Can someone share what the reasoning test is like? Is it verbal, "cubes & forms", or both?

And the technical test, is it on aircraft/aviation or technical in its whole?

Tanks!

any new graduated?

flyhiigh
 

The reasoning test is the cubes and forms test. You're given 8 boxes with shapes or "whatever" inside them and you have to figure out from the patterns what will go into the 9th box. (There are 8 choices to pick from) The test starts out pretty easy and within a few minutes, your head will start to hurt LOL.

As far as the technical test, it is mostly info form the JKI and some about Cathay. As mentioned before though, only about 90% of the questions are from that. There are other questions that they just "hope you may know" so you want to study all you can about aviation. I got asked on my test what the longest passenger airline plane is. The choices were A340-300, A340-600, B747, or A320. The answer is A340-600 and I only knew that because I see the plane everyday at the airport. Best of luck to you.

-Cheers

A340-600 is not in CX's fleet anymore. So I wonder your answer is still valid

(correct me if I'm wrong)

myhitomi

The question didn't say it had to be in the CX fleet.

Does anybody know about Visa requirements for HK?

Their immigration website makes it clear that residents of Canada and the USA can visit for up to 90 days without a Visa but that you can't work there. Where does a job interview fit into this?

I received my Cx tickets from FedEx yesterday and they ask for a Hong Kong Identity Card number.. what is this?