Cathay sounds like a pretty good deal to me, I don't know what those on Fragrant are complaining about.
New entrant FO on £140,000 a year before allowances with no overtime. With 18 days off a month to go home and what, say 3 maybe 4 trips a month that's not many nights one would have to spend in HKG in a 1500 sqft flat on the 20th floor.
Lets face it, that is one hell of a better deal than they were offering 30 years ago.
A quick question.... why are the SO's not being upgraded to FO?