Saturn,
I can't disagree with most of what you say. The problem is, and the star chamber love this little one, the trend! We are going nowhere fast while everybody else catches up. EK might not match us at this moment but in a year two they might well be much better off.
We are making huge profits and getting 3% for our troubles. Wow. As somebody stated earlier, when things turn south we will be asked/told to give up and help out.
We still might be among the best paid but for how long? We are trending downwards while the rest of the world hauls us in.
Oh and since when is Cathay happy to be equals with the rest of the world. I thought we invented flying and that's why we were paid more!!!!
W2