Cathay made an extreme bet on what it could get away with using what they falsely saw as an upportunity to do what they were doing gradually but to do it all in one shot. Cutting pilots' pay & benefits in half. It was being gradually implemented via cos 18 offered to newhires starting a few years before covid. Cancelling all standing contracts and losing any credibility they might have had as an employer permanently was a very foolish move for which they'll have to pay for dearly for as long as cathay exists, if it does.
Emirates did a similar thing and they're paying for it with this bonus. At least attempting to.
The central core character of cathay has always been the colonial character. Their attitude, behavior and very importantly the language they use to talk to their staff are clear and very overt displays of disdain and disregard embedded in how they have always viewed cathay staff. To this day they can't even begin to change at least the outright displays of their colonial disdainful attitude in not even thei language they use to address their staff. Let alone the realization of the plainly visible fact that they have to pay for what they've done. But this would be an admission of mistake. This is what colonials never do not matter what. They will ride the sinking ship under water rather than being seen as admitting mistakes to save it.
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