Disclaimer: Not a pilot, no axe to grind, perhaps even to some I have no right to comment.
The logic in the first half of Icarus's post is unassailable. Not liking something does not by definition make it unacceptable, and the spotty faced youths accused of undermining the profession were there five, ten, twenty and thirty years ago and always will be there as long as people get stars in their eyes about flying like a bird.
Airline companies are waking up to the essential facts of supply and demand and are using that rule to their advantage. Those losing out are naturally squealing and I don't blame them, but it's out of perceived losses in conditions and status rather than anything inherently unfair.
I often wonder if those in airline jobs who take the high moral ground now can look at their own history and honestly say they were any different when they had stars in their own young eyes. Was there anything in their life more important than furthering their careers back then?