I must agree with you Shrike.
What you have posted is the way it is now. With the new manager of Flight Operations things have already started to change for the better! Being a pilot himself (well qualified, unlike the last one), he knows what is good for the pilots as well as the company.
Hopefully it's not too late for him to plug all the holes left by the previous regime!!
I personally think things will get a heck of a lot better in the future.