Mate,
Its not about the housing market in HK mate, its much more about the sorry outfit of a so called airline that you happen to work for!! You'll do well in taking max advantage of the tossers, meaning get your type ratings and hours, don't pay to much attention to the w@nkers you fly with from time to time - basically just don't give a sh@t - call sick, go travel and have fun and then QUIT while you can! AND go a lot sick before you leave - and cash in yourself on that profit share that you never got!! It's all really easy actually
Nobody really needs Cathay Pathetic - some just hang around because they find other interests in life, besides from flying - fair enough, I guess.
BEYOND ALL - HAVE FUN - and when you do leave - trust me my friend, your ass well never look back to CX, don't worry.