One can always afford to be arrogant whilst holding the high ground, as CX/KA has in the employment stakes for the past number of years. But one can ill afford to be arrogant when the enemy has cleaved a number of your troops and the defences are weakened.
I understand that cargo interviews are now ill attended. Standard of prospective employee has dropped. Perhaps the day of the "majors" has passed in HKG. The pollution, scavenged conditions of service, salary ravaged by inflation and low morale amongst the other bug bears have cast the "likely canditates" into the arms of "home based Carriers".
Parked Airplanes cost money and dont make money. It cannot fly without Pilots and Hong Kong aint no bed of roses for that Career any more.