Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific recruits 40 trainee pilots from China, as union warns of experienced aircrew shortage
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific has hired more than 40 trainee pilots from mainland China, after the city’s flagship carrier widened its recruitment programme last year following a wave of resignations during the pandemic. A pilots’ union, however, warned that it would take “years” for the airline to recover after a slew of aircrew left. The airline announced on Monday that close to 870 mainland Chinese applicants had applied for its cadet pilot programme, which was once restricted to Hong Kong residents. The recruitment expansion came after a pilot union earlier estimated that nearly 1,000 pilots ...