Cathay
 

Any new CX info? Was also wondering if the base their opening in ATL is goin to be cargo or Pax.

There are already pilots based in ATL. There is no PAX service to ATL only cargo.

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I've heard that Cathay treats Americans pretty badly, and that upgrades are hard for Americans to come by.. Anybody heard anything else like this?

Go to Pprune.org, Fragrant Harbour forum. 75% of it is moaning about how badly CX treats its people.

It is also 95% the same people. Don't believe everything you hear on Pprune. The company has over 2,000 pilots and 10 of them are always whining on there. If you look at any company you will find 10 people that are disgruntled.

I am American and I work for Cathay....re read ryguy's post above.

Cathay USA
 

I chatted with Cathay guys last year and it was a mixed bag. Yeah the yanks feel like they are step children, and yes some guys are not happy, but all in all, most chaps like the gig.

With open skies, the real chatter is about Cathay starting a US A320 operation based in JFK. It is only chatter, but that is the new talk.

The big carrier will feed almost all major cities in the US with connections to Cathay USA A320 to hop to smaller markets. Very interesting.

I wonder how that bidding system will work.....LOL

A330

Didn't say it was credible moaning, just said it was moaning. Have heard many good things about the company...

Does anyone out there know if any of the new hire cargo guys are going to the ATL crew base? and if you are an American in the cargo only division say in ATL how long till you upgrade? Once there can you stay in the freight division if you want or do you have to move to HNK in order to upgrade? I've heard that we "yanks" must do some serious arse kissing and get into the "good old britsclub" before they let you upgrade. One last thing ,also, I've heard that the pilots of Cathay are not allowed to jumpseat here in the states.Anybody got any comments? Thanks.

We had about 12 people working for a small fbo in central virginia... i find this very true.

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