Originally Posted by
ryguy
You aren't an SO forever. You are expected to be able to handle the aircraft like anyone else should you need to take control in an emergency. Right now the market is bearing applicants with much higher time. Maybe in a few years we will be back to the lower time guys. If you were the company would you hire low timers when you have jet Captains applying for the job?
The cadet training and initial SO training is done by a company called Flight Training Adelaide.
Thanks for the further input. I do agree that it is almost always better to hire pilots with more experience. However, I thought Cathay's mentality was to get young pilots early (ie 1000 hrs or so) so they could train them to do things that Cathay way.
In comparison, I used to manage a flight school, and the two
worst hiring mistakes I ever made were two seasoned airline pilots on furlough. They turned out to be bitter, set in their ways, unteachable, and impatient horrible instructors.
I am just a little sad, and wondering what to do. Cathay has been my goal for over a year now, and I thought after years of management that the DESO program would be an affordable way to transfer to the flying side without the pain of the regionals. I have a wife and 2 kids, I just don't know if it is too late for me to be able to afford my dream to fly.
The fact that guys from all over the world are lining up to move to Hong Kong and sit SO after having 3000 to over 4000 hrs really says great things about CX. I'll just have to wait a few more years to get that much experience. I would still love to do it. Maybe if I can't afford the regionals I'll get a job at Flight Training Adelaide as an instructor...