The dragonair pay increase has got very little to do with the merits of the DPA over the AOA and everything to do with the fact that KA have been losing guys to anywhere and everywhere. Those of you knocking the AOA and using the success of the DPA in negotiations are sadly a little wide of the mark. If cathay had a hundred guys resign tomorrow, and plenty were skippers, the company would be only too happy to make upward changes to the pay and conditions, while there isn't many leaving and there are plenty joining not much will change.
Sad but true.