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Old Jul 31, 2018, 10:48 am
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CX Restructuring and New Job Cuts
A few news outlets reporting of new rounds of job cuts at CX, mostly overseas and affecting sales, marketing, cargo and other departments.

Bloomberg - Cathay Plans Job Cuts Overseas Amid Competition from China Rivals
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ions-post-says

SCMP - Cathay Pacific looks set to cut overseas jobs as internal memo tells staff to prepare for restructuring
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...-jobs-internal

Not really surprising news. IMO, marks further demise of CX and adds weight to argument that CX's glory days won't come back any time soon, if at all.
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Old Jul 31, 2018, 11:57 am
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I wonder if we're going to see the end of foreign based crews in the next few years.
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Old Jul 31, 2018, 12:01 pm
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Originally Posted by LoveHateRelationship
I wonder if we're going to see the end of foreign based crews in the next few years.
probably
and that sounds royally terrible on what crew they would use.
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Old Jul 31, 2018, 2:16 pm
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Originally Posted by Mr. Strong
<snip> adds weight to argument that CX's glory days won't come back any time soon, if at all.
Was that really in doubt? The trend for most airlines has been pretty clear. CX evaded for longer than many, but they are not immune to market forces and competition.

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Old Jul 31, 2018, 7:11 pm
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Originally Posted by LoveHateRelationship
I wonder if we're going to see the end of foreign based crews in the next few years.
CX should make Asian crew bases...like MNL and BKK...get more Pan-Asian talent to supplement the local hires.
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Old Jul 31, 2018, 9:34 pm
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this round is for overseas operations, seems no effects for HKG staff.
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Old Aug 3, 2018, 1:52 am
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Originally Posted by Mr. Strong
A few news outlets reporting of new rounds of job cuts at CX, mostly overseas and affecting sales, marketing, cargo and other departments.

Bloomberg - Cathay Plans Job Cuts Overseas Amid Competition from China Rivals
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ions-post-says

SCMP - Cathay Pacific looks set to cut overseas jobs as internal memo tells staff to prepare for restructuring
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...-jobs-internal

Not really surprising news. IMO, marks further demise of CX and adds weight to argument that CX's glory days won't come back any time soon, if at all.
lets hope CX changes staff in its Canadian and US call centers the staff are incompetent.
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Old Oct 3, 2018, 2:00 am
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Old Oct 3, 2018, 2:30 am
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Thanks for sharing. I personally find CX proactive and helpful in these situations. Certainly relative to many other airlines. I can't speak for CX operations in the USA however.
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Old Oct 3, 2018, 4:24 am
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Originally Posted by Arbeysix
Thanks for sharing. I personally find CX proactive and helpful in these situations. Certainly relative to many other airlines. I can't speak for CX operations in the USA however.
Were you IRROPed in HKG or outside HKG? Makes a huge difference.
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Old Oct 3, 2018, 2:13 pm
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Somewhat related - KHH downtown ticket counter will be closed later this month. TPE downtown ticket counter was already closed a couple of years ago.
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Old Oct 3, 2018, 6:10 pm
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Were you IRROPed in HKG or outside HKG? Makes a huge difference.
Yes. My experience is based upon HKG, MNL and MEL.
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Old Oct 3, 2018, 6:33 pm
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Originally Posted by percysmith
Were you IRROPed in HKG or outside HKG? Makes a huge difference.
Yes. My experience is based upon HKG, MNL and MEL.
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Old Oct 3, 2018, 8:19 pm
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CX has begun letting go of staff at outports since September. MNL/CEB were affected, I heard in TPE, town office staff were transferred to the airport. Not sure for other outports.
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Old Oct 3, 2018, 8:42 pm
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The author has a follow up article including how CX reacted to the incident in MNL with the the Xiamen Airlines.

What the author failed to understand is that airlines were dependent on Airport management announcements. So the airline cannot make immediate announcements when the airport will reopen and when flights will be able to depart. The author also wanted the check in staff to do the rebooking but I don't think the author understands that computers at check in counters cannot be used to rebook, they are on a different system.
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