Should we be supporting or leaving CX in these challenging times?
Aug 20, 2019, 3:09 am
#31
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Civic Party legislator Jeremy Tam has resigned from CX in order to protect the company from attacks, as many pro-China commentators attacked the airline over Tam's connection and employment with CX.
From multiple sources on Twitter.
From multiple sources on Twitter.
Aug 20, 2019, 7:23 am
#32
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 10
Confirmed on Tam, according to Reuters, which has put out the article (link below) I've been waiting for: Interviews with crew and staff and their reactions to what's going on. It's very sad, and now I do feel supporting Cathay is the right thing to do.
https://www.reuters.com/article/hong...-idUSL4N25F1OH
https://www.reuters.com/article/hong...-idUSL4N25F1OH
Aug 20, 2019, 7:26 am
#33
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 36
They are a good airline so I fly them. Their political stance is of no issue to me. The value they give me is my only basis of choosing them.
Aug 22, 2019, 7:59 pm
#34
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So, for those who feel differently, I assume that none of you ever flies QR, right? And what about SU, speaking of oppressive regimes. Presumably you're also boycotting SV. EK is hardly based in a free society. Seems to me that WY and VN also belong on that list. ET and MS, too. And if you're not avoiding these carriers, why single out CX?
Aug 22, 2019, 10:53 pm
#35
Join Date: Sep 2012
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My feelings exactly.
So, for those who feel differently, I assume that none of you ever flies QR, right? And what about SU, speaking of oppressive regimes. Presumably you're also boycotting SV. EK is hardly based in a free society. Seems to me that WY and VN also belong on that list. ET and MS, too. And if you're not avoiding these carriers, why single out CX?
So, for those who feel differently, I assume that none of you ever flies QR, right? And what about SU, speaking of oppressive regimes. Presumably you're also boycotting SV. EK is hardly based in a free society. Seems to me that WY and VN also belong on that list. ET and MS, too. And if you're not avoiding these carriers, why single out CX?
I find it funny when many frustrated fliers’ intuitive action is “switch to SQ” talking about CX recently.
Aug 22, 2019, 11:00 pm
#36
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likewise, there were many Marco Polo elite who posted their elite card and claimed they would boycott CX if CX fired the pilot who was charged with riot.
i see many of the same people are now supporting CX after the firing.
talk is cheap.
Aug 23, 2019, 12:34 am
#37
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My feelings exactly.
So, for those who feel differently, I assume that none of you ever flies QR, right? And what about SU, speaking of oppressive regimes. Presumably you're also boycotting SV. EK is hardly based in a free society. Seems to me that WY and VN also belong on that list. ET and MS, too. And if you're not avoiding these carriers, why single out CX?
So, for those who feel differently, I assume that none of you ever flies QR, right? And what about SU, speaking of oppressive regimes. Presumably you're also boycotting SV. EK is hardly based in a free society. Seems to me that WY and VN also belong on that list. ET and MS, too. And if you're not avoiding these carriers, why single out CX?
Aug 23, 2019, 12:53 am
#38
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,797
I fly them because they are a good airline, and one of the few in Asia with a proper safety culture. If that changes, due to politics or any other reason, i'll stop.
Aug 23, 2019, 2:09 am
#40
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Are we talking about the airlines or their home countries?
Aug 23, 2019, 2:58 am
#42
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So if Hitler or Pinochet or Gathafi operated a decent airline you'd be down to fly them? #noethics
Aug 23, 2019, 4:36 am
#43
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CX is stuck between a rock and a hard place
best to boycott the mainland chinese SOE airlines if you want to make a statement
best to boycott the mainland chinese SOE airlines if you want to make a statement
Aug 23, 2019, 5:05 am
#44
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: HKG/HND/OOL
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if there is so much boycott why am i finding it hard to find some Asiamiles award seats...
whether or not you stay or leave, your actions will always have consequences that benefit some and vice versa...
whether or not you stay or leave, your actions will always have consequences that benefit some and vice versa...