Cathay Pacific aircrew had to endure 73,000 nights in COVID-19 quarantine last year.Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto/Getty Images Hong Kong follows a strict Covid-zero policy, requiring quarantines of up to three weeks. Longterm quarantines have been taxing for Cathay Pacific staff who need to fly for their jobs. The Hong Kong-based carrier offers thousands of dollars in bonuses to incentivize pilots. Cathay Pacific Airways crew collectively spent 73,000 nights — the equivalent of 200 years — in quarantine last year.The staggering figure was revealed by company chairman Patrick Healy in a video message to staff earlier this month."What you have been through during the past two years is quite simply unparalleled," Healy said.