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Spot no with your assessment it's also respect and acceptance that you require from fellow Professionals which is highly coveted.

Bottom line: DO WE TRUST THEM?

A little background
 

I suppose you do not permanently reside in Hong Kong, but still maintains some connections since you do have buddies that work in Cathay Pacific.

It might be a drag for you since you preferred not to disclose it, but may I have a small hint of your background (where are you from and what do you fly now)

I get what you mean about how icadets may have to live with a certain stigma. However that does not mean they are bad pilots. What's the difference between a pilot who had to pay his way through training compared to someone who was sponsored by an airline. The former commands more respect than the latter but other than that I can't see why an icadet can't be just as good as a pilot who trained him/herself.

So cadets have 1 stripe...I have never seen any.When they start on the CX flight deck, do they have 2 or 1 stripe? I think FEs used to have 2 stripes in the US. Is a new cadet on the flt deck serve as an FO relief pilot? And later is promoted to FO, and then to cruise captain, and then captain...it's that correct? I am US and not so knowledgeable about foreign ops. I fly to HKG a lot....and PVG and CGO...those are our most regular China stops

Second officers have one stripe, after about 4 years promoted to Junior FO with two stripes, six - eight months after that promoted to FO with three stripes. At least you are focusing on the important things if planning to apply to CX.

You are right there is no difference in what you say. Some cadets are good, some not so good as initially real world experience is severely lacking. If however someone who joined as a cadet makes it all the way to the dizzy heights of captain with CX you can be sure they are there because they are able and competent, having gained a lot of experience working for the airline.

What you are actually referring to is not the method of training or who paid for it but what happened after the training. A cadet will join CX as an SO with a couple of hundred hours. Having flown around Adelaide in good weather doing pretty benign things, circuits, couple of good weather x-countries, some night landings in good weather etc etc. A non cadet SO would have done the same things during training but after that spent the next 5-10 years flying in the real world, light twins, twin turboprops, regional jets/turboprops in all maner of weather and in all maner of circumstances. Frieght/airline ops/military/aid work etc etc etc. After gaining at least 3000hrs doing this flying they join CX as an SO.

It is not about who paid for the training but what happened next, that is why some cadets are incompetent. Some, not all.

what are the abbreviations?
 

Hello may I kindly ask what do RQ, ADD, PADDs, DDG stand for?

Respiratory quotient, attention deficit disorder and petroleum administration for defense districts. The last one is either drop dead gorgeous or Dandong Langtou airport.

S/O final interview
 

I have recently been invited to HK for the final interview for the Transition training course. Was looking to get a heads up from some one who has done the interview recently or knows what to expect.

I understand there is aptitude testing, is the the same as Skytests?

Any help would be greatly appreciated and I thank you in advance.

CX SO interview 14
 

Any one here been to HK for the CX SO interview this year. Was looking for some info. If so please PM me..... Thanks in advance.

CX SO interview 14
 

Any one here been to HK for the CX SO interview this year. Was looking for some info. If so please PM me..... Thanks in advance.