Do Cathay Pacific flight attendants have a death wish for their company?
I am no fan of incompetent management and have no idea if Cathay is run well or not, but I do take exception to a union whose members have claimed to care about their passengers, but who seemingly care more about what lines their pockets than their travelling customers or the Hong Kong institution that employs them.
Yes, a 2 per cent pay rise is not very good, but that is how companies work.
If you do well in business, then you make more money; when you do badly, then everyone suffers.
Yet it would seem that Cathay has tried to steer away from mass lay-offs, and to retain the talent. The rest of Hong Kong's working population has had to accept the finality of employers' decisions. It's a case of "if you don't like where you work, quit", but all we get is complaining and threats of not serving food and drink on the flight.
So here is what I suggest Cathay must do: pay the 5 per cent pay increment to the flight attendants, let them have a celebration with their sycophantic comments about how much they care for passengers.