Prospered....? CX prospered in the 80's and 90's (Airline of the Year etc, etc..). Since then, a sad decline, which was triggered by their managements deranged attacks on their own aircrew, who built the reputation of the company over decades of loyal, dedicated service. Now, it's a shell of its former self....nothing more than a similar paint scheme and a fading legacy.
You say that certain "ex CX posters" are guilty of posting "vindictive and twisted half truths"...? I say that my comments and many like mine are the whole truth. In fact, I stopped my son from applying, and he is now happily employed by a major US carrier. I'd rather him be enjoying that than knowing he was sucked into the most toxic management environment that aviation has ever produced, in league with a labour situation in HK that leaves the employee with literally no protections. And I say that based on over 30 years experience.
If I can help deflect one single pilot and their family from becoming entangled with what is a known career travesty, then I will happily own that. To suggest that CX is anything else than a desperate gamble on a professional and personal level is futile. Any current CX management can attempt to discredit and castigate. The truth however is evident for all to see in the past 30+ years of decline and collapse of the "career" of the job of Pilot in Cathay Pacific.