People mourning the death of Adrian Swire recently forget that he presided over one of the biggest hatchet jobs against aircrew that the Airline industry anywhere in the world has ever seen. In making his (and Merlin's) £5 Billion fortune he authorised the attack on everything that made Cathay great in the '80's and before. Job satisfaction, loyalty, mutual respect, education, salary, housing and travel benefits,(to name but a few) were all attacked ruthlessly culminating in 49 pilots being sacked in one bully boy action that tarnished all CX "yes men" so-called managers (no capital "M" for you lot) for ever thereafter. A plague on all your houses because you now have what you wished for - a mundane, ordinary, penny pinching, non career LCC.
Looking at the politics of China and the general unrest in HKG I would say NOW is a good time to leave for almost anywhere.
Merlin and his cohorts are fine and couldn't give a stuff about you. Maybe it's time to return the compliment. They couldn't care less either way.