etopsmonkey,
your suggestion is feasible how many months per year? 2? 3? Plus, the time difference to Hong Kong is how many hours? Are you serious??
In order to reduce cost of a freighter pattern by zero point zero something, Cathay ruines our quality of life... It's exactly the kind of respectless treatment that will cost them any good will of their pilots, I doubt the saved figure is higher in the end.
Disgraceful.