Editing Cathay Pacific (section)

==== 2019–2020: Hong Kong protests ====
During the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests]], Cathay Pacific employees participated in protests at [[Hong Kong International Airport]]. The Beijing government, which is a shareholder in Cathay Pacific, ordered Cathay to suspend any employees who participated in the protest. Cathay chairman [[John Slosar]] responded, "We employ 27,000 staff in Hong Kong doing all sorts of different jobs... we certainly wouldn't dream of telling them what they have to think about something."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49296387|title=Hong Kong: China bans Cathay Pacific staff seen to support protests|location=Hong Kong|work=BBC News|date=9 August 2019|access-date=10 August 2019|language=en|archive-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810011956/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49296387|url-status=live}}</ref> Cathay Pacific later suspended a pilot who was arrested during a protest, and CEO [[Rupert Hogg]] declared his support of the government, and reiterated that employees who violated the company's code of conduct could be dismissed.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Zhou Xin |author2=Danny Lee |author3=Amanda Lee |title=Cathay Pacific majority shareholder pressed into condemning violent Hong Kong protests|newspaper=South China Morning Post |url=https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3022651/cathay-pacifics-majority-shareholder-pressed-condemning|location=Hong Kong|date=13 August 2019|access-date=14 August 2019|language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118042223/https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3022651/cathay-pacifics-majority-shareholder-pressed-condemning|archive-date=18 January 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> On 16 August, Hogg resigned due to "intense criticism" from Chinese authorities as a result of Cathay staff participating in the protests.<ref name="NYT20190816">{{cite news |title= Cathay Pacific's C.E.O. Resigns Amid Criticism From China |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/business/cathay-pacific-ceo-resigns-rupert-hogg.html |last1=Chong |first1=Raymond |last2=Cheung |first2=Ezra |location=[[Hong Kong]] |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=16 August 2019 |date=16 August 2019 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|archive-date=23 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223042504/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/business/cathay-pacific-ceo-resigns-rupert-hogg.html}}</ref> Chief customer and commercial officer Paul Loo also resigned.<ref name="BBC-49367949">{{cite news |title=Cathay Pacific boss quits after protest row |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49367949 |work=BBC News |location=Hong Kong |access-date=16 August 2019 |date=16 August 2019 |archive-date=16 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816094107/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49367949 |url-status=live}}</ref> By late September, Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon had terminated the employment of 31 aviation professionals, or forced their resignations, on the basis of their participation in protests or expressions of support for them.<ref>{{cite news|title='Fear is spreading.' Employees expose culture of fear at Hong Kong's flagship airline |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/asia/hong-kong-cathay-pacific-fear-intl-hnk/index.html|last1=Wright |first1=Rebecca|last2=Stevens|first2=Andrew|work=[[CNN]] |location=[[Hong Kong]]|publisher=[[Warner Bros. Discovery]]|access-date=2 October 2019|date=30 September 2019|archive-date=1 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001015505/https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/asia/hong-kong-cathay-pacific-fear-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Hong Kong Free Press|location=Hong Kong |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2020/01/04/clipping-wings-white-terror-gripped-hong-kongs-aviation-industry/ |title=Clipping their wings: how White Terror gripped Hong Kong's aviation industry|last=Lui|first=Lasley|date=4 January 2020|access-date=4 January 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308152304/https://hongkongfp.com/2020/01/04/clipping-wings-white-terror-gripped-hong-kongs-aviation-industry/|url-status=live}}</ref>