Across four airlines, one interesting thing I observed is that there is a lot of denial at the worst ones; with pilots eager to reassure each other that this is actually a great place to work.
Copium?
On the flip side, at the better airlines, it's non-stop winging about how terrible everything is and how everyone else has it better; even though, deep down, I suspect everyone knows it's not really true.
Would be interesting to see a psychologist explain this phenomena.