HotDog, If I, or indeed almost all of the posters here had of joined CX 34 years ago, I imagine we too would feel the same way.
However... when you joined it was;
Not even A-Scale, since there was only one scale.
Profit share measured in months, not days
Doing 82 hours and doubling ones salary
Sitting in the crew room during a typhoon happy to help out
Renting your own house from yourself ad infinitum
Travel allowance
Expat travel desk
Visual approaches to Kai Tak
etc etc
vs.
Well, do I really need to start?
Don't get me wrong, I wish to take nothing away from you in your retirement, but things have changed a lot old chap, and the relevance of your post to present employment conditions are of no significance at all.
Nice photo by the way. I chuckle every time I see Wan King Path.