....or maybe it -once- was a great place to work. Things have certainly changed, and part of the problem is guys like you advising people of what a great place this is, only to have them realize too late that things are nothing like the "good old days."
Most of us certainly remember our previous jobs, and gave up good rosters, seniority, pension and income to start at the bottom and make a career with Cathay; much based on the very advice of "Old Fellas" like yourself.
But it was advice that was 10 years old. Most of us believed that the company would honor their pledges when it came to careers and basings. Only to be met with DEFOs and DECs being daggered into our backs.