744cap,
With all due respect, and agreed sometimes there is a lot of whining and complaining here on pprune, but it isn't as rosy as you make it out to be. You joined Cathay when times were good, and your description is based on times gone by.
Have a look at morale amongst the junior crews. Most stay because employment choices are limited at the moment, but when the industry turns around many will leave Cathay, which in the past was unheard of. Look what has happened to every aspect of our employment, from Flight Time Limitations to Rostering, it's all been degraded, and not by a little, but by a lot, and not to mention blatant contract breaches. Now project that 16 years into the future for our junior crews, and it doesn't paint a pretty picture.
I joined around the same time as you did, and it has been a great Carreer to date, but understandably the junior crews will have a completely different outlook.