Heko,
I agree with you completely. However the discussion I was trying give was also from the company's perspective as to why they pay cadets less, or run a cadet program at all, and the fact that they knew there wan no housing when they started. It did diverge a little as to the difference in backgrounds from cadets/expats, which were trying to point out the advantage of the cadet program and low risk they take, and yet now they are entitled to go and earn an expat package with another airline not based in HK; just like we have moved away from our homelands, family and friends.
As I said before, I would not be here if there was not the expat package, which is exactly why it exists. CX PILOTS ON BASE DO NOT GET EXPAT BENEFITS. You need to compare yourselves to that. Local pilots are living at home, just like the guys on a base.