TET
I do hope you've been putting your hand up the correct orifice all these years; it might effect the price of beef otherwise.
COB
All very true but unfortunately pilots seem to be extroverts & don't work together with each other, not even within the same company. This happens around the world, not just in Oz. The backstabbing syndrome is alive & well, so improvements of pay, etc won't happen in the immediate future.