I hope your very senior Cpt will be wrong this time... But for sure, if you want to be, one day, a very senior cpt in a company, or you better start very young, or you have to accept to take the risk with a start-up, and cross your fingers. My choice here....
Next 2 a/c coming in June and August.
For latest interview of CEO, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/oasis_hong_kong_airlines, espacially bottom of page.