The terrorists handed airline managments a machete to replace their scalples.
The airlines then synically used the fear & insecurity that 911 brought to push through changes that would never have been considered or tolerated pre-911.
At the time I remember us 'all pulling' together to ensure the survival of the company only to find that the company, the ones that did make it back into the black, had now found a more effective technique of job insecurity & fear to replace any form of respect.
My last hope is that as demand increases and supply dries up, airlines might just see that a new approach might secure the pilots they need... then again who am I kidding?