Cathay Pacific raises cabin crew retirement age from 55 to 60 following two years of union lobbying

Cathay Pacific agreed to raise the retirement age for cabin crew from 55 to 60 following union lobbying and negotiations over two years (South China Morning Post, 06-Oct-2018). Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants Union, via their official Twitter account, stated: “Today, is the great victory for all workers in Hong Kong, especially cabin crew who have been stereotyped as young and pretty girls”.