Looking for Cathay info
 

First post here. I'm seriously thinking about going to Cathay (or at least apply). Any info? I've heard good things about the company. Any negitive info? Just looking for other input. I'm an AMR Eagle guy.

No hiring anytime soon....try a search.

So then I guess they're putting folks into a pool then, because just last week on avianation.com they were taking resumues for FO and SFO.

erjf15,

i just had a buddy apply and interview there a handful of months ago. from what he told me the only bad thing he had to say was dealing with the "49ers" and i'm not talking about football. a quick google and you can read all about it.

other than that i've heard only good things about them. good luck!

I don't think they are hiring for North America. Just the "Cadet" program? Have to live in HK? I am too lazy to look it up though.

They're not hiring for North America right now unfortunately. I'm sitting in the pool and when I interviewed last yr they told me to expect a spring or summer class date, now they are telling me maybe 3rd quarter of next yr but I kind of expect that to get pushed back as well. Best of luck to you if you do apply.

Thanks dude. Good luck to you too. Got any gouges?:p

They are asking for unpaid leave from crews right now. Maybe something more down the line so don't get your hopes up for anything soon unless things turn around.

All cadets and SO's live in honkers. I don't know of any Americans that went thru the cadet program, its for locals (Hong Kong folks). Some Cathay crew have had there kids go thru it.

No hiring until 2010, that's what I heard from the HR dept.

I had a friend send me 169 pages PDF worth of gouge before my SO interview.....how typhoons form...all sorts of crazy stuff....i got 30 pages into it before i realized that I didnt want the job that badly lol

The interview is unlike any other aviation interview. There is o gouge you can memorize a few questions and be done, you need to buy textbooks, and seriously learn the material from high altitude aerodynamics to meteorology in the south pacific, systems details for the 747, A340, 777 and more. Its seriously intense!

Cool man thanks. I guess I need to start studying. Maybe I'll learn something while I'm at it.

Interviewed in May 08 in SFO for North America DEFO posn. Mil background for 25+yrs and first foray into the civilian world. Did get the gouge/textbooks/internet search results for the interview. Walked out of there feeling I had just wasted their time and mine. I did not do any formal interview prep other than research and was a little surprised at the lack of feed back during the interview. They were very courteous and professional but their lack of facial expressions left me second guessing myself from the get go. Couple of weeks passed and I rcvd the, "Congrats when can you come to Hong Kong for the second interview?" notice. I was quite surprised and happy until I got a second one shortly there after saying they were postponing second interviews for NA DEFOs.
Being the only interview I completed, I would equate it to a military version of a syllabus upgrade oral board where you sit with senior flight examiners and you are expected to know many facets of aircraft systems/weather/IFR & Int'l rules/SOPs.
Luckily, I was able to extend in the mil while the economy has time to recover. Hope to be fortunate enough to get another call from them in year or so.
Not sure if they will change their interview, but let me know if you still want some gouge.

Saw this in Bloomberg this morning.

Cathay Pacific Cuts Capacity, Offers Unpaid Leave (Update3) - Bloomberg.com

I'm sorry to say that SI, and QF are following suit. This happend in the '90s for a couple of years, everyone bounced back better than ever.

Hang in there, they will pick up again.

Anything new?
 

What's Cathay's latest and greatest?

All that stuff is straight out of the JAR ATPL theory exam syllabus.

JJ

If you get copies of the UK CAA ATPL textbooks like; Principles of flight, Operational procedures, and Meteorology, you will be well prepared!


The only other area you need to study is the company and their current aircraft.

JJ

On one pilot supply site, those books are approx $98 each!

Try Ebay UK or ask around on PPRUNE.


JJ

Very nice facilities. Manuals are hard and difficult to read and they expect you to figure out a lot of what your supposed to do on the line by following your instructor. The pay and time off is excellent. If you are an RJ pilot from America, they will assume you are not very good so prove yourself through actions not words. The biggest negative is that every sim ride and every line check will include comments from the instructor. These comments will stay on your training record for your entire career. If the comments are good, and they like you, your home free. If they are not good.....well lets just say you'll have a hard time making Captain. If you do decide to try, give it 100% Cathay prides itself on being the best. Good luck

Prove yourself how?

Hi!

I'm flying here in Africa with a Cathay guy that is on leave.

I think they may hire in 2010, but it could easily be 2011.

cliff
NBO

By jumping through the Cathay hoops and surviving!!

Company just asked for unpaid leave from all employees and we were told that if not enough pilots took the "offer" then we would have a significant pilot surplus.

FO

Cadet program is now open to all due to the low uptake from HK locals. By going the cadet route you are then employed as a Locally Employed Pilot (LEP) and not entitled to any expatriate allowances (housing, school fees, etc.).

FO

The cadet program is NOT open to all. You must have a HK ID card. In the past you required a "Permanent" HK ID card, but now all that is required is a HK ID card. Best of luck to those interested in this route. Although there are no expat benefits, it is an excellent route. The youngest Captain in the company went this route. He is 30 years old and commands an A330.

Tells us about the red cup and the green cup...

Apologies for duplicate post

...and don't forget the blue cup either!!

GreenTailWhale said "The cadet program is NOT open to all"
That may have been true last week.
There was a message from the company last Friday, which amongst other things stated that Cathay had officially launched its expanded cadet programme to ab-initio pilots WITHOUT a HK ID card. It stated that applicants should have some link to HKG, or be able to convince the recruitment team that they wished to live and work in Hong Kong. We were told that already in the first week, there were many applications.

Good luck