Trouble is Fool_Burner, YOU see this only as a CX dispute, whereas the pilots (oops, sorry, are we supposed to pretend that you're a pilot too?) are aware that the support for THEM runs globally. If that means financially assisting them, then so be it - I'll be among those who will send their donations to fight the cancer that is eating into what was once a good, decent, respected, respectable company.
It's a cr@p management that would actively work to destroy (overnight) the superb name that Cathay Pacific took decades to achieve, through genuine hard work and excellent employee/employer relations. When seen in context, it is the pilots, who are trying to uphold Cathay's good name vs a management who are trying to make a name for THEMSELVES!!