I've said it once and I'll say it again: your problem will become my problem when you start moaning to me up in the Flight Levels over India at two o'clock in the morning about the poor salary, the hovel you are living in, the roster and the lack of promotion. You may not even be able to afford to eat properly.
If you accept these conditions, you must understand that Cathay Pacific once paid A Scales for a reason; it was not a 'Beneficial Society for Airline Pilots' even then. Hong Kong is an expensive, polluted, stressful and to me, boring place, and the very least you need is housing assistance, a reasonable living wage and the sniff of promotion to make it all worth while.
So you had better be 'Smilin' Jack' when you're flying with me.