I've just had a look at the board of CPA on their website. Combination of long serving "company" management from all corners of Swire Group, mixed with some politically expedient appointments and a sprinkling of entitled Tai-pan. I'm not surprised that CPA's air fares are far and away the highest on almost every route they fly, while the standard of equipment, service and catering continues to incrementally decline. Where is all the money from these high fare, high yield flights going ??
I sense that you might all be on the slow road to "f@ck3d" and that Cathay Dragon will become the new core one day, becoming another decent standard Asian airline, but nothing special as it has historically been at Cathay Pacific...
But that is all just an uninformed guess on my part :-(