Cathay Pacific Faces Staff Morale and Discrimination Issues.

Cathay Pacific flight attendant union has urged the airline to address staff and resource shortages and raise pay to boost morale after three staff were fired for allegedly mocking passengers who could not speak English. The incident, which went viral on mainland Chinese social media platforms, prompted a torrent of criticism by Chinese state media and Hong Kong government officials including leader John Lee. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of passengers has increased as flights resumed but frontline aviation workers are facing a shortage of both manpower and resources, a significant increase in workload and low salaries, it said.