Frogman.
Valid point taken.
I guess we all want ( and deserve) to be respected by our colleagues.
What gets up my nose is someone insulting individuals on A scale, or Cathay's flight operations, as "worm" does in his post.
Full disclosure, I'm an A scale pilot, and a product of the Cathay system. I've flown both military and civil aviation prior to Cathay, and I can honestly say that Cathay flightcrew and flight operations are second to none! When someone gets his stripes at Cathay (two, three, or four bars) he deserves to be congratulated, not angrily diminished, as you so frequently see here.
Is that too much to ask?
Yes there are pay and contract issues that need to be resolved. Let's hope the AOA is up to the task of ensuring that we are "all" looked after fairly.