To which The Management would probably reply:
'Load factors are at an all time high. Businessmen and other premium travellers are still willing to pay for our sub-standard product. The Cathay Pacific Group is a business, not a charity. We do not intend to spend Our Bonuses on unnecessarily restoring our product to the world-beating service we had in the late eighties and early nineties.
'Spending a token amount on new 'lounges' and cosmetic additions to existing ones offsets the poor design of the seats, cutbacks in catering, the constantly dark cabins for the 'in your face' IFE, and the reduced standards of service from the cabin crew. This policy appears to be successful so far.
'We are also preoccupied with paring back the conditions of our employees and other initiatives such as establishing a de facto localization of Cathay Pacific flight crew through our new cadet scheme. These savings will not be invested in the product, they will ensure future Bonuses to come.
'To My Bonus!'
Last edited by Captain Dart; 3rd October 2010 at 22:03.