Get Real
The reality Sigmond is that CC are considered a liability by management. The current woes re pensions, ask yourself, who created the problem by underestimating the monies required. Your T&C's, who agreed to them and now want to change them, and not improve them. Who does managements "dirty work" on site and then gets "blamed" for the bad decisions made by management.
Another reality is that the cult of managerialism that pervades the business world at the moment is that it is all based on theory. Most airline managers at the moment would not have a clue as to the day to day trials and tribulations of airline crew. It is all about money, taking it out of your wallet and putting it into theirs.