Sorry Tom, I have to disagree. I think SPI's post is very relevant. You are a fool if you don't carefully look at the numbers. Yes, there are many variables, and a large expansion would improve things significantly, but Cathay is a long haul airline which means there is basically two FO's for every Captain.
Even if this airline were to achieve it's dream of 100 airframes (highly unlikely) in 6-7 years, this would require only 400 captains plus retirements. If you join today, you are close to 1000 from command. So best case scenario, in 6-7 years, you will still have 400-500 numbers to command, and with a stable fleet of 100 aircraft, it will be a long, long time.
I have no idea where the interviewers pull some of these numbers from.