There is surely some melodrama here; In that vein I'm reminded of the fable of the Scorpion and the Frog. Ms Thompson is merely a product of the institutional Scorpion. It is their fundamental nature. Better then, methinks, not to be a Frog, but be a Turtle as in an earlier version of this fable. [The Turtle survives the sting due to his shell]
You can liken that shell to simply complying with your contract, and not being coerced into doing something stupid. Like MSS etc which would play to their plans.
Meantime, we can expect the Company to continue its rhetoric internally. Externally, the SCMP and other media will be managed to establish a drip feed of bad news for CX: Low yields, poor ROI, dropping load factor........