Role Introduction
Reporting to: Assistant Manager Crew Scheduling
Join Cathay Pacific as a Crew Scheduling Executive, you will be ensuring optimized crew pairings, leading roster construction, and coordinating training schedules while fostering teamwork and compliance. At Cathay Pacific, we value excellence, collaboration, and innovation, empowering you to contribute to safe operations and long‑term success
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure optimized crew pairings that comply with legal, industrial, company, and training requirements.
- Integrate finalized flight schedules and manpower plans before roster production.
- Act as liaison between Planning, Tactical Operations Planning, and Global Business Services during roster cycles.
- Consolidate hotel requirement forecasts to support contract negotiations.
- Lead and supervise roster construction teams for pilots and cabin crew.
- Project and update detailed training lines for current and upcoming schedules.
- Coordinate with training managers and departments to align crew training requirements with rosters.
- Manage simulator instructor rosters and liaise with Civil Aviation Department (CAD) inspectors for their flying schedules.
- Conduct performance measurements on rosters and recommend improvements.
- Coach and develop Crew Scheduling Officers and Crew Scheduling Specialist ensuring compliance and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Tertiary education background.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in crew management or equivalent.
- Knowledge of flight crew and cabin crew roster handling is advantageous.
- Familiarity with Approved Flight Time Limitations (AFTLs), Conditions of Service, Rostering Guidelines, and crew training requirements is essential.
- Strong people management and communication skills.
- Proficient in spoken and written English.
- Skilled in Excel, Word, or equivalent software.
- Ability to work independently, decisively under pressure, and collaboratively within a team.
- Strong planning and organizational abilities.
- Analytical aptitude with preference for experience in optimization activities.
Personal & Application Information
Cathay Pacific is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with our Applicant Personal Information Collection Statement and for recruitment purposes only. Candidates not notified within eight weeks may consider their application unsuccessful. We keep records of your data for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which we obtained them and any other permitted linked purposes. If your application is unsuccessful, we will keep your details on file for as long as is necessary to process your application or for the purposes of further job opportunities if you agree to such longer periods.
