Abbeville,
I just grin and bear it, take the money and bank it.
Swire compliant, give me a break... I'm as bitter and twisted as anyone here, but I know what side my bread is buttered.
I worked at a UK airline (flying coke cans) for a number of years, and I took the same sh!te for half the money.
I've come home many times after banging my head against a brick wall due to the STUPIDITY in how the company is managed.
I've even stuck my neck out on a many occasions to suggest "better" ways of doing things.
I was strongly advised by my management that it was in my interest to keep my ideas to myself.
Don't think that I've got my head up my ****, lets get real, the money is good, expat t&c's are on the slide worldwide (check out Emirates), so I'm happy to milk it for as long as it lasts, and retire 10 years earlier than would be possible previously by virtue of my well deployed ill-gotten gains.
BTW before you ask, I'm not one of the "replacement staff" I've been in HK well before contract compliance :-)