Ok here is my opinion - to do with the actual thread topic!
BA and let me throw Virgin into the mix. Would I go there? Answer is no. Purely because I do not trust the UK Airline market enough. At the end of the day, I like the job security here at CX. BA/Virgin make pilots redundant left right and centre. That is fact.
Right now, the UK is in the toilet and by the time it emerges (which I doubt it will) , the next cycle of financial crashes will take place. And you my boy will be first out. Cathay has emerged from a lot of !!!! that has happened in modern times without having to make their pilots redundant. Regardless of how we are treated or the !!!! that comes down from many floors above the street, that track record is enough for me to stay until old age.
I wonder if I have now started another discussion!