When the company is in trouble you whinge, during recovery, you moan and when the news is good, you bitch.
Probably because it makes little odds to the staff at FR - or any other airline these days for that matter - whatever the profit loss equation, the end result will still be regular doses of shafting and intimidation.
This is life in 2004....everywhere. Nobody has security, nobody can expect a job for life. You deserve nothing more than your salary for the job you do. If you don't like it... leave
Well leaving isn't always an option. I don't know what business you are involved in but flying isn't like working down the corner shop, you don't often have much choice if you want to live in your chosen country and have a family life. Its a case of choosing the Devil or the Deep Blue Sea.
Anyhow there's a much better solution - as the FR guys have realised - stand your ground, form a union and defend your common interests.
Without one these days you're hole open to abuse.
I can only surmise that with an attitude such as yours you must either be an exploitative boss or a very desperate employee in need of a job.
Incidentally, while we might no longer be able to expect 'a job for life' the flip side of that coin is that our employers need no longer expect "lifelong loyalty".
Its every man for himself, as you just pointed out.
Que sera sera.