RTFQ 411A - I was quoting YOUR well-worn "Glory Days" phrase, although I must admit that your vitriolic postings AGAINST the CX pilots indicate a deeply entrenched envy of what you probably tried to achieve, but was unable to (ie. join CX). I too, am ex-SQ, and like you had our CA's NEGOTIATED between ALPA-S and SQ - not rammed down our throats like this current CX management (and their "consultants") are attempting to do AGAIN.
Until a few years ago, the Cathay pilots I knew were PROUD to be what was undisputedly Asia's Premium Airline carrier - it was head and shoulders above the nearest rival. Today, because of management stupidity and aggression towards their staff, Cathay's image has been marred - not YET irreparably, I don't think - however, no end of money spent on television and magazine advertising by CX, and hundreds of millions on the new Hong Kong airport, can keep up with - let alone outdo - the adverse publicity portrayed by their highest qualified, frontline staff - Catahy Pacific's Flight crews.