Cornflake
Don't tar everyone with the same brush.
My pal in CX (secondee) that I mentioned earlier is anything but what you describe above, except of course he does have a ay out.
However he thinks the management in CX a disgrace and the treatment of ALL crew and the manning levels etc a disgrace.
Whilst many BA mainline employees are totally oblivious to life in CX (doesn't really concern a 45 year old 747 copilot living in Chamonix) many would be(are) sympathetic to being pushed around by inept management. We are well versed in it.
As for TR.....it would seem you get more sense out of Normal N.
TR, are you ex Navy by any chance?
If so it would explain a lot.
BTSM