Cathay Pacific day in the life of a pilot!

By: Ben Schlappig

Published: October 22, 2012

11 comments

I’ve quite enjoyed Cathay Pacific’s “day in the life” series, whereby they’ve followed around various employees to show what they do on a daily basis. Two weeks ago they had an awesome day in the life of a flight attendant video. Last week they had a day in the life of an airport staff video. And this week is the one I’ve been waiting for with bated breath — day in the life of a pilot!

You can find the video here:

I do wish they’d follow him on the flight, but it’s pretty awesome nonetheless! Until I was 18 all I ever wanted to be was an airline pilot, and Cathay Pacific was always the airline I wanted to work for. So I watch this both with happiness at the awesomeness of his job and sadness at the fact that I chose not to pursue it.

(Tip of the hat to @KLMnieuws)

More discussion »

Support OMAAT

Conversations (11)

The comments on this page have not been provided, reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any advertiser, and it is not an advertiser's responsibility to ensure posts and/or questions are answered.

Comment as a member

Membership is free and takes no more information than commenting as a guest. Earn status points for good contributions, and see fewer ads as your status grows.

Loading comments…

Recent Comments

The latest from the OMAAT community.

HELLO Guest

October 26, 2012, 4:53 pm

Almost as hot as the body building Caucasian pilot of an asian airline.

‼ 0

nelton New Member

October 23, 2012, 4:27 pm

he could go modeling!

‼ 0

Steve Guest

October 23, 2012, 10:04 am

Cathay USED TO BE one of the top places for pilots to go. But recently in the last 5 years they have been on a steady but steep decline in terms and conditions. Of course none of you care about that as long as you get you diet coke and nuts or Dom in 1st class, but they recently suspended hiring of experienced (4000-5000 hour pilots) for the entry level second officer positions, and started recruiting zero experience 250 hour fresh pilots so that they could slash the housing allowance and benefits down to less than 20%. Enjoy your next flight :o)

‼ 0

Dax Guest

October 23, 2012, 12:15 am

I always wanted to be a train engineer. Eventually I discovered flying and wanted to be a pilot as well. In the end I found a new love in computers but in a weird way that may be a good thing in the end. I am far less likely to get sick of trains and planes since I'm not constantly working on them or with them. I used to love working with computers but after a decade or so it had become just another job no different than any other.

‼ 0

Andy Guest

October 22, 2012, 8:26 pm

@bangkokiscool - His reference is specific to Airbus planes. A pilot cannot make a maneuver that the computer "disagrees" with. Boeing planes operate differently.

‼ 0