There is a pilot shortage! A shortage of experienced and mature professionals unwilling to accept poor conditions, pay and treatement from management who are only interested in and will only ever be interested in maximising profit. Until the wannabe stops paying to work, there will be no change. It's plain to see that the reason T's + C's have dropped over the years is that we as a workforce have allowed it to happen.
Oh and wingbar, if you have just retired from the industry you will appreciate that neither the bods at the front or the bods at the back get paid for JUST what they do day to day, but for what they are trained to do when the $hit hits the fan! The fact that they have enhanced their T's and C's, rather than let them slide is kudos to them!