Tell us a bit about your career.
I've been with Cathay for 29 years, and 21 of those years have been here in Anchorage. Prior to coming here, I worked in multiple Cathay departments. But then my husband’s work meant that he had to go to Alaska and eventually I transferred there too. I found the adjustment very, very hard at first, but I grew into it and now I enjoy it.
How many people are in your team and what do they do?
We have eight people in the Cathay Cargo Anchorage team now. All our transpacific Boeing 747 freighters stop in Anchorage on their way to the Americas and just about all of them on the way back to Hong Kong. Our team manages the crew to make sure they’re collected from and delivered to aircraft on time, we organise the fuel, we do a walkaround and check the cargo, we make sure that all the paperwork is done and organise de-icing if required. We also offload and load cargo for here or if there is some disruption and we need to change aircraft.