Originally Posted by
C5skippy
Here are some questions for any CX guys out there, or anyone who would know anything about CX.
1. Is CX ok with Air Force Reserve pilots and is mil leave still given for Reserve duty?
2. What is the likelihood that you will have to live in Hong Kong.
3. If your ultimate goal is to fly PAX at SFO, what would be the normal progression to this point at what locations would this entail?
4. Is simply submitting your application online enough to get an interview or do you need "internal" help?
I am really interested in CX, don't mind living in Hong Kong, it would just make the Air Force Reserve thing really difficult.
Hey C-5,
Hopefully I can answer your questions.
1. I am not too sure but I know we have several mil guys here that have reserve duty and they don't seem to have a problem working it out.
2. You could potentially spend your whole career at an outstation and never live in HKG. The biggest incentive to the move is the higher pay plus housing allowance. The pay is quite a bit more for HKG based guys. At the moment all new joiners in N. America will join on a unified pay scale and not have the freighter/pax limitation. Basically new hires will make more money than me initially now. Existing pilots will remain on the old pay scales for now, but they are higher in the end compared to the unified scale.
3. DEFO in SFO may be available quickly because the company wants to get rid of the freighter separation all together. New joiners will be able to operate on pax or freighter aircraft. With that said, there are no crew problems on the pax side so I wouldn't expect to actually do it unless the company is in a bind. You would still operate the freighter most of the time.
4. No internal help needed, they will call you eventually!
Hope that helped a little bit at least. Good luck!