Perhaps I need to clarify in greater detail for those of you who do not read HK papers. Cathay is re-structuring all its housing packages. This includes flight attendants as well as pilots.

There is nothing wrong with Chinese pilots but I believe that in certain situations they have more confidence in their own flying ability than in the computers. This leads to situations where you get accidents. If the Chinese pilots are really so good why are there so many more airplane accidents in China? These are also only those reported. I know faulty equipment may be partially to blame, but the pilots do share some fault.

Who owns SQ? SQ is a privately owned company however, the Singapore government is a majority share owner. Likewise with Citic. The PRC government does own a majority of it. Dont fool yourself or anyone else that Swire controls Cathay. I guess you also probaly believe that Tung Chee Hwa controls HK?


As a matter of fact the customer service in China is defintely worst than that in Hong Kong. Right off the bat HK people have bad English but those in China are far worse. Would you want a pilot flying your plane that has a problem with right and reft? The last thing I need is Cathay to save money at the expense of its passengers safety.