Me Too
I recently turned down the 744. My main concern was the lack of roster clarification. The terms & conditions are secondary to me (but they have obviously been eroded), but when a huge airline like Cathay cannot even commit itself to some predictable and meaningful roster, places like Easyjet win hands down.
I always wanted to fly long haul with a successful world airline, but history and an impressive corporate building in HK, was not enough to distract me from what is essentially a rubbish offer.
I worked for many years to get to my current position with 6000hrs and I will not throw it away on a look / see kind of option. I hope Cathay wake up soon, because people are getting very wise.