Good things:
1) Many different career options... based PAX FO living in country of choice, or come to HK and have company pay you a house, or perhaps try for an early command on the freighter.
2) Whereas in most airlines you basically have to live in the airline's base (EK) or at least in the same country, in CX you can live in a number of bases in a number of countries/continents... and on top of it all they are quite open to the idea of commuting (provided you pitch up to work on time!)
3)... uhm, er... well, those are the main good points for me.
Bad things:
Just give this forum a good read... although there are a lot of moaners out there, there are a lot of genuine concerns in CX right now... choose carefully as CX is NOT for everyone.
incomiiiiing
