raven11,
Maybe I just had a revelation.
If you think I am trying to diminish our profession by my statements, let me put it this way: as all Cathay pilots who are P1 rated are, in my opinion, CHECKED to the same standards, it is Cathay's choice to not give them all four stripes and pay them accordingly. US airlines put two captains and two first officers on long international flights. Cathay is the one diminishing our profession, not I.
I have no status issues. I'm a pilot, period.