Cathay Pacific layoffs | Cathay Pacific fans save a little bit of the menu model, such as Jiazhen, for the first flight to and from Taiwan on the same day

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Written by: Chen Jiayi

2020-10-22 18:00

Last update date: 2020-10-22 18:00

More than a dozen boxes of Cathay Pacific airplane models were packaged and placed on the table. Kobayashi carefully opened them along the boxes with a knife. He laughed and said that there was no place to put the models at home.

There are a total of 40 to 50 boxes of airplane models in the home. "I will buy them in the market as much as possible after sitting, or check if they are second-hand."

The grooming kits provided on the plane, the straight menus in the folders, and other items related to Cathay Pacific were all his targets.

Starting about 20 years ago, he would carry a camera to "become a dragon friend" shadow chasing plane, and once camped on the top of the mountain overnight, waiting for the Boeing 747 to fly low over Victoria Harbour to bid farewell.

He prefers Cathay Pacific, which he grew up with, and said that the Boeing 747 and Roche Samsung models in his hand have grown up since childhood.

Cathay Pacific, which he is proud of, faces the fate of restructuring and layoffs, and he lamented that it was inevitable.

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A blue-green Boeing 747 airliner has white tick marks on the tail, and another bright green Roche Samsung airliner with two rows of white spaces on the tail is also a Cathay Pacific aircraft. These two palm-sized models are in Yunyun. He was most pleased in the collection.

Kobayashi has been collecting airplane models since earning money from work. In his family, 12 airplane models with 40-50 boxes are Cathay Pacific, and almost all the models in the Cathay Pacific fleet are collected. He said: "The most favorite must be the 747. This is a Samsung airliner, because both of them are the ones I have seen in Cathay Pacific’s commercials when I was so small that I didn’t even know them.”

The two rows of white spaces on the tail of the bright green Roche Samsung airliner look like a pilot’s shoulder badge. They are called "Dachai". They were painted by Cathay Pacific in the 70s and 80s. Especially when there is an engine on the tail, there are three in disguise. This engine is easy to identify and belongs to the flagship machine of the year.

The "shark fin" coating of Boeing 747 airliners has been common in the past 20 years. Kobayashi described the double-deck cabin on the nose of the aircraft as domineering and beautiful.

Commonly known as "shark fin" coating Boeing 747 passenger aircraft has been common in the past 20 years. Kobayashi described the double-deck cabin on the nose of the aircraft as domineering and beautiful.

(Photo by Luo Guohui)

When Kobayashi was four or five years old, his neighbors would take him to Kai Tak Airport to see him when his neighbors sent off the plane for immigrant relatives and friends.

Leaving Yuen Long, where he has always lived, the mountains and rivers came to Kowloon City, only to discover that in addition to minibuses and buses, there are huge monsters flying in the sky, carrying people to places thousands of kilometers away, and he was immediately caught in front of him. Enchanted by the noisy airplane.

When he grew up, he took the first flight in airplanes, storage models, and flight.

His craziest time was when he took the first flight of Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-1000 on July 1st two years ago. "I'm not a fool" and he bought a ticket to return to Taiwan on the same day. "There is no chance of getting on the first flight." If it appears, I will try it once."

The ground staff held a sign at the airport instructing passengers to transfer back to Hong Kong. He was surprised that the flight was clearly coming from Hong Kong. He guessed that many passengers, like him, returned directly to Hong Kong without entering Taiwan.

Kobayashi’s favorite aircraft was the "Hong Kong Spirit 97" during the return to the immigration wave. The fuselage was unusually heavily painted on a green background. The skyline of Victoria Harbour spread across the fuselage was drawn with a white pen. The word "home" attracted him most.

(Photo by Luo Guohui)

He came to know the giant iron bird in the sky because of the immigration wave. In recent years, his favorite airplane was the "Hong Kong Spirit 97" passenger plane that was returned to the immigration wave.

In order to promote and celebrate the return of Cathay Pacific, it rarely painted the fuselage with an algae-green background and outlined the skyline of Victoria Harbour with a white pen.

The word "home" written on the fuselage attracted him the most, as if to remind people that no matter where they are, they must remember that this is the real estate company: "It makes me think that this place in Hong Kong is the home of Cathay Pacific and the home of Hong Kong people. Home."

He is proud that there is an excellent local private airline serving Hong Kong people in Tiny Land. This airline was once among the best in the world and has a good safety record.

"Cathay Pacific symbolizes the spirit of the generations of people living in Hong Kong, representing Hong Kong, representing Hong Kong's economy, carrying people out and returning, and bringing foreigners to Hong Kong for investment and tourism."

Xiaolinying’s airplane and Chu model believe that Cathay Pacific symbolizes the spirit of generations of Hong Kong, "representing Hong Kong, representing Hong Kong’s economy, carrying people out, and returning people."

(Photo by Luo Guohui)

Seeing a Cathay Pacific plane in a foreign country, Kobayashi felt as if he had met an old friend in a foreign country, and he felt in unison.

Although the air ticket is expensive, he still prefers Cathay Pacific to travel, relying on its services such as taking care of his family.

Now that the flights are drastically reduced and the sky is silent, Kobayashi sighs: "Sometimes I see that the airport is full of Cathay Pacific planes. This picture is actually a bit sad, but there is no way." If it were not for the epidemic, he thinks Cathay Pacific itself is turning a profit. , May not end up like this. Unfortunately, reorganization and layoffs are inevitable. After the influence of the mainland market and the government's capital injection, changes in operations are also a general trend. It will be difficult for a private airline of similar scale to appear in the future.

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