"Admittedly the current HKA mismanagement will need to change dramatically to ensure the long-term survival of the airline".
It will survive thanks to Hainan money but the mismangment will continue and that is what makes working there so bad.
Looks like nothing's changed in the (mis)management department. The morning A330 service to PEK was cancelled yet again today. And this after yesterday's flight was downgraded to a B737 (and it departed over 2 hours late) whilst there was an A330 parked against the fence. No crew perhaps?