=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/c/a/2006/08/05/BUGLRKBKH5= 1.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, August 5, 2006 (SF Chronicle) Cathay Pacific will hire 180 in Bay Area Chronicle Staff Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways plans to hire 180 people in the Bay Area to staff San Francisco crews for use on its service between San Francisco International Airport and Hong Kong International Airport, the airline said. A major player in the Asia Pacific aviation market, Cathay Pacific alrea= dy has several dozen employees in its offices on Union Square. The carrier moved its North America headquarters to San Francisco from L= os Angeles in February 2005. The new employees would be added to that workforce. The move to add staff is a relative rarity in U.S. aviation, which has seen domestic carriers lay off tens of thousands of workers during the 2000-03 recession and after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks reduced consumer demand for air travel. Cathay Pacific is recruiting for, among others, "a base manager, base administrative staff, and flight attendants. For the cabin crew positions, fluency in English and one Asian language = is required, the airline said in a statement. The new crew members will be sent to Cathay's headquarters in Hong Kong for six weeks' training before returning to work in the Bay Area, the airline said. -------------------------------------------------------------= --------- Copyright 2006 SF Chronicle