COME ON!!
Surely, for the love of god, there should be no ambiguity, no side-tracking, no negotiating.......the full HK housing should remain available to all Cathay Pacific passenger pilots who are based in HK, or will be in the future.
HK housing allowance has, and always will be, the way HK-based guys actually make money. Breathing that stinking air, being exposed to the mainland bacterial/viral filth that makes it way to HK, paying $38 for four imported tomatoes and $39 for a safe litre of milk, is only worth it if families get HK$55K (or more) per month to pay the mortgage.
Of all the issues that should be the line in the sand, this is the one. The guys that agreed to the $24K made the deal until their time comes to hold a passenger seniority regardless of rank, not forever.
Let's get f#cking real....