Take-away
Seems to me that there is more frustration on behalf of the CX boys here than on behalf of the "bought" KA boys. Must be due to the fact that command times in KA have averaged the two year mark, and that bugs the cr*p out of the CX boys stuck in the right hand seat (always has). If KA is the "cheaper" of the two to run, get used to this state of affairs in the years to come. CX management will always be pragmatic.
Over the course of a carreer, command time is what counts, be it on a A320, A330, or a 744F. Once in the LHS those years are pretty lucrative. I know which airline I would have chosen had I been younger, "take-over" or not.