I'm in agreement with Flying Tiger on most of his points.
Management have been very short-sighted, and overly aggressive during the past decade or so, and the chickens are now coming home to roost - to the detriment of those managers.
In those companies where the pilots have been "abused", there is no longer the company "spirit" that existed in many airlines, prior to these attacks on our conditions.
It was almost as if pilots were being PUNISHED for being pilots, and for the inefficiency of the schedulers who roster us.
Items that cost the company absolutely ZERO - such as upgradeable travel on space available - were taken away, along with the salary and allowance reductions.
Company loyalty has been beaten out of us, together with most other staff members.
"Loyalty" now goes to the highest bidder!
Staff have become a commodity now, whereas before they were an ASSET.
SAFETY is just a buzz word with modern management - a word that they believe they can throw around on the odd occasion to keep the regulators happy, whilst preparing schedules that do not take into account start/finish times.
These rosters would probably work okay for the 9-5'ers doing the rostering - people who have a regular sleep pattern, sleeping in the same familiar surrounds each night - and working at normal O2 levels, getting up and leaving their desk to make a trip to the toilet, or to grab a cup of water/tea/coffee, when they want to.
NONE of these factors leading to crew fatigue are a consideration in crew scheduling.
And so, along with the obvious cost cutting, I believe SAFETY has also been reduced under this New Age management.
Pilots have had a lot taken away from them - there is a lot to regain, before we get back to where we were a decade ago.
It's now a case of whichever company is willing to offer the BEST package that will determine how well those companies are able to meet their future growth requirements to make bigger profits, through aircraft crewing requirements, whilst the others downsize, or disappear completely!
Imo, the pilot workforce has never been as "mobile" as it is today - many pilots are now willing to move from one country to another, for enhanced employment opportunities.