well, I don't know about Cathay's future problems, but I know about their present ones, and one of these is:
lack of flight crew.
the amount of captains flying as RP (even rostered!), F/Os flying i.s.o. S/Os, the number of CC calls on G-days and the amount of overtime being done tells me a thing or two ...
can't wait for the friday whining about lost opportunities to begin