U.S. agency criticizes Hong Kong air carrier
 

Awesome!

Looking forward to being able to go home without 2-3 week hotel quarantine. The good old days!

And they made it even better now by making us wait in the terminal for our test results!

Any idea how long the wait is now? Trip coming up in a few weeks. I was gambling on it getting better not worse

So, is it worth all of your 200% extensions and all the $$$$$$ of being an ANC MD FO? Kind of hard to feel sorry for someone who does it to themselves.

tnkrdrvr. I’m based there with a local carrier, so will pass on what intel I can:

The ‘test & hold’ is generally 2-4 HR, although it’s getting better, with it having been closer to 2 HR than 4 HR this past week.

One of our guys got through in 1:07 a few days ago; a mate got through in 1:30 last night. I’ll be doing it 0630 tomorrow, and will post my time here.

Top tip: visit the bathroom & take a bottle of water before you disembark the jet;)

1:55 wait this morning. Arrived during morning rush hour - dozens of Cathay Crew, Air New Zealand, and FedEX. Overall, not bad.

It’s normally about 1+45 give or take 30 minutes. I did wait 4 hours a few weeks ago as they contaminated a whole batch so about 10 of us had a 4 hour wait. They do offer a sandwich and a bottle of water, WiFi and some Cathay crews carry a pad to lay on, true freight dawgs LOL.

Sounds like a great time can't wait.

Have you been dealing with the mess in HKG? I won't touch it at straight time. YMMV since you don't live in base. So yes, it's worth it in my case. Just passing along new info. Our wait was 2 hours, and it won't matter anyway since layovers are stopping.