Cathay Pacific Offers Pilots $3,700 Bonuses to Keep Flying
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Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is is offering one-off bonuses of up to HK$29,000 ($3,700) to pilots willing to endure Hong Kong’s strict quarantine regime in a bid to get more planes in the air.
Captains who fly one so-called closed-loop flight will get a HK$20,000 bonus and another HK$22,000 payment for their second, rising to HK$29,000 for four or more closed loops for a total potential amount of HK$96,000, according to a staff memo seen by Bloomberg News and confirmed by the airline’s press office. First officers will get HK$15,000 for one closed loop, HK$17,000 for two and so on for a grand total of as much as HK$76,000.