Bitter and twisted rant, surely you can do better than that.
Why are T&C's in our industry taking a huge down turn, one of the major reasons is due to the large number of indiviuals that are prepared to pay their way into the work place ( buy a job ).
They will work for less and everytime we are sitting in the LH seat eating the fish, many of these ethically challenged are just waiting to drag your carcass out of their command seat.
The guys that have/are working their way through the industry, gaining usefull experience are generally much more respectfull and much more likely to stand united with their pilot body.
Lets no go into the whole 89 thing, but we do not have a leg to stand on when we negotiate our T&C's, why ?, because far too many willing to climb over our barely twitching remains.