Can I just ask one question; if you are so dissatisfied with you lot, why don't you move to pastures greener?!
Perhaps after thirty-five years, having paid a fortune into the pension scheme you might just feel the same. Would you give up the 75K pension and 250K lump sum?
To sum it up, after all those years, you exit the flight deck after your very last flight to be told by the First Class Purser "I poured a glass of champagne for all the crew to toast your retirement, but the CSD made me pour them all down the sink, no drinking in his cabin". Perhaps a manager to say goodbye.. well it was a Sunday morning, Say no more.
If you class this as whinging then good luck to you!