And don't forget, over the last forty years , just when pilots thought the pendulum was swinging their way a 'major' went bust and deposited several hundred highly qualified pilots on the market, shortage, (and negotiating advantage), over.
CX, like most of the major carriers, have never had recruiting problems, when it is a pilots market they still get to choose who they want as the major carriers are always in demand, when it is an employers market they just choose who they want.
The idea that the end is nigh etc. for major carriers where employment of pilots is concerned is just wishful thinking, it is the lower echelons of aviation that will suffer, always was, always will be.