The truth
Blunderbus dear fellow, you have hit the nail on the head. If anyone in CX thinks for one second that things aren't going to get worse in the harbour, they are strangely deluded.
History speaks for itself. The COS at CX has detoriated in the last 20 years from one of the best to one of the worst. There is good reason to believe that this decline will continue, if not accelerate.
The numbers being crunched on this site are meaningless whilst CX conditions head south and operators in Europe etc.. like Thomsonfly, Netjets, Virgin are constantly reviewing their contracts to the better.
Whilst you stay at CX your ability to look after your family and eventually yourself in retirement diminishes. If you join CX now, you will have entered a downward spiral, wishing you had stayed where you were, because no matter how much better CX may seem now, it will eventually turn out to be have been the worst option.
The pilots who have been here the longest are the very pilots that NPR and his cohorts are hanging out to dry. It will happen to everyone here at CX, dont doubt it. You think your salary (package) is low now? Look at the package about 20 years ago, the current package is worth about a third in real terms.
Pensions have all but dissappeared as inflation eats into salaries that are actually decreasing ( never mind keeping pace with inflation )
The completely immoral attitude towards pilots aged 55+, paying age 55+ pilots , less than they were earning pre 55, ( with no pension contribution) and the illegality of the employment COS in virtually every jurisdiction except HK and the failure of CX to increase salaries to keep pace with inflation should be a volumous warning to anyone wishing to join CX.
It will only get worse.