Cathay Pacific Question
08-15-2008, 10:14 PM
#32
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Joined APC: Sep 2007
Position: Hornet/Rhino Driver
Posts: 15
How has your experience been with CX? Do you have any general advice for young bucks such as myself? What are your thoughts on living in HK? I have visited the city, and my wife is on board if I were to get hired. Thanks in advance.
I would send a PM, but I don't have the privileges yet.
Navyblue
08-20-2008, 04:06 PM
#33
New Hire
Joined APC: Nov 2006
Posts: 2
hey joejet,
i was wondering if you could email me some of the gouge that you might have. my email is [email protected]. in fact, if anyone else thinks that they could help me please do the same. i am in SFO next month for the initial SO interview. thanks one and all
matt
i was wondering if you could email me some of the gouge that you might have. my email is [email protected]. in fact, if anyone else thinks that they could help me please do the same. i am in SFO next month for the initial SO interview. thanks one and all
matt
08-31-2008, 05:35 PM
#35
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Position: Enjoying the view
Posts: 407
Hello anyone -
Cathay's career website says minimum of 1000tt to apply as DESO. What is reality these days? What is competitive? What (if anything) can a career changer that barely has their minimums do to earn an interview?
Thanks
Cathay's career website says minimum of 1000tt to apply as DESO. What is reality these days? What is competitive? What (if anything) can a career changer that barely has their minimums do to earn an interview?
Thanks
08-31-2008, 07:46 PM
#36
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Position: Professional Expat
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In the past they've had 737 Captains from Europe go for SO slots as well as the infamous case of an EK Captain who joined CX as an SO.
08-31-2008, 08:24 PM
#37
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I feel gullible
Wow, just as I feared. They should reflect that on their career page so newbies like me don't get their hopes up when they say that their mins are 1000 tt. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. I guess the word gullible isn't in the dictionary either...BTW, I don't know the "infamous case of an EK Captain who joined CX as an SO." Please fill me in or tell me where to find the story. Thanks.
09-01-2008, 12:07 AM
#38
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Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: B777 FO
Posts: 416
ryguy,
How has your experience been with CX? Do you have any general advice for young bucks such as myself? What are your thoughts on living in HK? I have visited the city, and my wife is on board if I were to get hired. Thanks in advance.
I would send a PM, but I don't have the privileges yet.
Navyblue
How has your experience been with CX? Do you have any general advice for young bucks such as myself? What are your thoughts on living in HK? I have visited the city, and my wife is on board if I were to get hired. Thanks in advance.
I would send a PM, but I don't have the privileges yet.
Navyblue
I think I replied to your email after you posted this one. As for the rest, Hong Kong is nice but has a lot of pollution in the winter. If you don't mind apartment living in a large city then it would be great. There are houses but not really what you are used to. To me though, I would want the city experience if I were to move there. I've got too much going on here at home to move to HKG right now.
09-01-2008, 12:11 AM
#39
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Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: B777 FO
Posts: 416
Wow, just as I feared. They should reflect that on their career page so newbies like me don't get their hopes up when they say that their mins are 1000 tt. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. I guess the word gullible isn't in the dictionary either...BTW, I don't know the "infamous case of an EK Captain who joined CX as an SO." Please fill me in or tell me where to find the story. Thanks.
09-01-2008, 06:23 AM
#40
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It is no different than other Majors that publish mins between 1000-1500tt. The one thing you will learn is published mins and competitive mins are very different things. Not too many airlines are going to let someone with 1000 hours sit at the controls of a 747 across the Pacific. I paid almost 10 years worth of dues to get here. The exception of course is the cadets. They get in with very very little time but it is just something that the company has to do in that area of the world to operate there. The good news is, the cadet program is open to Hong Kong ID card holders and not just permanent residents anymore. The only way to get around paying dues is to be related to someone in high places, for some that works well.
CX does their initial training in Adelaide, Australia, right? Is the cadet training contracted out to a flight school there, or is it run directly by a Cathay subsidiary?
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