{"id":27019,"date":"2022-09-07T16:37:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T11:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=27019"},"modified":"2023-05-17T17:11:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T11:41:29","slug":"cathay-pacific-airways-plans-to-hire-4000-new-employees-within-two-years-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/07\/cathay-pacific-airways-plans-to-hire-4000-new-employees-within-two-years-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathay Pacific Airways plans to hire 4,000 new employees, within two years | EXCLUSIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the help of <strong>The Hong Kong Polytechnic University<\/strong> (PolyU), Cathay Pacific has launched a cadet pilot training programme and begun a thorough <strong>hiring plan in an effort to better position <\/strong>itself for the resurgent demand for flights and travel throughout the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of cadet-training activities will be carried out locally during the <strong>55\u201360 week<\/strong> new integrated course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AW_Brandon-Farris-22-1-e1648484013147-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"With the help of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Cathay Pacific has launched a cadet pilot training programme \" class=\"wp-image-27021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AW_Brandon-Farris-22-1-e1648484013147-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AW_Brandon-Farris-22-1-e1648484013147-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AW_Brandon-Farris-22-1-e1648484013147-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AW_Brandon-Farris-22-1-e1648484013147-768x512.jpg 768w, 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integrated course:\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>theory, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>simulator practise, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and flight training.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> A minimum of 750 hours of instruction and testing will be provided by PolyU in a 150-working-day<strong> &#8220;Theoretical Ground Training&#8221;<\/strong> programme that covers topics like <em>flight concepts, meteorology, human performance, general navigation, instrumentation, radio navigation, air law, and more. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cx_and_hk_polyu_cadet_pilot_programme_agreement-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cx_and_hk_polyu_cadet_pilot_programme_agreement-1024x576.jpg 1024w, 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Kong to give cadet pilots a chance to get to know the city&#8217;s aviation infrastructure and relevant organisations, including the <em>CAD, Hong Kong Air Traffic Control, the Hong Kong Airport Fire Contingent, <strong>HAECO<\/strong>, PolyU, and the Cathay Pacific Training Center. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The first group of <strong>24 applicants<\/strong> began the integrated course at PolyU in March, and after finishing the ground theoretical section of the programme, they are expected to start flight training in October.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>In addition to the new integrated course, <strong>Cathay Pacific is now offering cadet pilot training programmes <\/strong>in Adelaide that are based on the first programme module. <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since this is the first time that aviation theory courses would be taught by a local institution, the signing ceremony represented a new milestone in Hong Kong&#8217;s aviation industry, according to <strong><em>Secretary for Transport and Logistics Lam Sai-hung. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1014\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oneworld-alliance-cathay-pacific-hero-1024x1014.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oneworld-alliance-cathay-pacific-hero-1024x1014.webp 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oneworld-alliance-cathay-pacific-hero-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oneworld-alliance-cathay-pacific-hero-600x594.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oneworld-alliance-cathay-pacific-hero-300x297.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oneworld-alliance-cathay-pacific-hero-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oneworld-alliance-cathay-pacific-hero-768x760.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oneworld-alliance-cathay-pacific-hero-75x75.webp 75w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oneworld-alliance-cathay-pacific-hero-750x743.webp 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oneworld-alliance-cathay-pacific-hero-1140x1129.webp 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/oneworld-alliance-cathay-pacific-hero.webp 1212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The university will keep working with business partners to create new professional certifications and training programmes to support the growth of the civil aviation industry, according to <strong>Professor Wing-tak Wong, PolyU&#8217;s Deputy President and Provost. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cathay Pacific&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer, <strong>Augustus Tang<\/strong>, indicated that the airline has already begun a thorough plan to fulfil the increased demand for travel around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">\"Over the next 18 to 24 months, (we) expect to hire <strong>4,000 front-line staff<\/strong> to suit our operational demands. \nThis includes more than 700 pilots, 400 of whom will join as <strong>Second Officers<\/strong> by the end of 2023 after graduating as cadets, according to Tang. \nBy 2025, we hope to have trained more than 1,000 cadet pilots overall. <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Join our <strong>telegram group<\/strong> for Latest Aviation Updates :- <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z\">https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-aviation-a-2-z wp-block-embed-aviation-a-2-z\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote 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