CamelhAir
You do have a point but I don’t think you can blame people trying to break into the industry accepting lower terms and conditions than people already established. What are they to do, just walk away from something they have paid so much for and put so much effort into.
There was a time when pilots made a great deal of money, had their children’s school fees paid for, fantastic pensions etc. These days are sadly over. I don’t know your situation, position, salary etc. but I assume its not the aforementioned. By your own logic you are therefore guilty of lowering the T&C’s for current pilots. I don’t blame you, it’s just market forces. Pilot’s on yesterday’s packages probably blame you just as much as you blame people such as Addy.
The picture is not totally bleak. With a shortage of captains, experienced pilots are in a very stong bargaining position. Saying that there are pilots from Eastern European countries willing and eager to join UK airlines on salaries that are far greater than they can get back home.
The industry has changed and will continue to change. The same can be said for every other industry in the UK, be it coal, car making, telecoms, medicine etc.