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Cathay Pacific Airways Limited
10 2014 in Review
• Cathay Pacific has received the Caring Company Logo
from the Hong Kong Council of Social Service every year
since 2003 in recognition of its good corporate
citizenship. Dragonair has received the Caring Company
Logo for nine consecutive years.
Commitment to staff
• At 31st December 2014, the Cathay Pacific Group
employed more than 32,900 people worldwide. Around
25,400 of these people are employed in Hong Kong.
Cathay Pacific itself employs around 22,500 people
worldwide. Dragonair employs more than 3,300 people.
• Cathay Pacific recruited more than 1,700 staff in 2014,
including about 1,000 cabin crew and about 90 pilots.
Dragonair recruited around 280 cabin crew and about
15 pilots.
• Our airlines’ cadet programmes continue to bring new
blood into Hong Kong’s aviation industry. In 2014, 65
cadets graduated from the Cathay Pacific cadet pilot
programme and 25 cadets graduated from the Dragonair
cadet pilot programme. Around 330 cadets from the
airlines’ programmes are expected to graduate in 2015.
• We introduced an IT graduate trainee programme in
2014. Ten local graduates, selected from more than
400 applicants, joined Cathay Pacific’s IT team in
September 2014.
• Our engineering trainee scheme was introduced in 1985.
A number of the trainees are now in senior positions. In
2014 we recruited eight people into the scheme.
• We regularly review our human resources and
remuneration policies in the light of legislation, industry
practice, market conditions and the performance of
individuals and the Group.
• Cathay Pacific was named the most attractive employer
in Hong Kong in the 2014 Randstad Award. Dragonair
was named the third most attractive employer in
Hong Kong.
• In January 2014 we co-sponsored the Discover Aviation
Careers 2014 expo in Hong Kong in order to highlight the
opportunities available in the local aviation industry.
• In November 2014 we recruited a new batch of cabin
crew which included the 10,000th cabin crew member
employed by Cathay Pacific. This batch of cabin crew
began flying in February 2015.
• Two Cathay Pacific pilots, Senior Captain Malcolm
Waters and Senior First Officer David Hayhoe, received
the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’
Associations Polaris Award in recognition of their
exceptional airmanship in piloting a Cathay Pacific
aircraft which experienced engine malfunctions when
operating as CX780 from Surabaya to Hong Kong in April
2010. The two pilots also received Hugh Gordon-Burge
Awards from the Honourable Company of Air Pilots.
• The 10th annual Betsy Awards ceremony took place in
August 2014. This internal programme honours staff who
go beyond the call of duty to help passengers.