I think it would be far more effective if we actually worked together for better T&C's than blaming each other for our current situation. By arguing all the time we are simply playing right into FR's hands, and handing victory to them on a plate. We need to get organised and fight the real problem which is FR, not each other.
The aviation market has changed beyond recognition since 9/11, and it's not just 'cadets' who have caused these problems. Flying a pax a/c has got a lot more expensive in recent years, with fuel prices, insurance costs, increased competition, increasing taxes and airport charges, environmental pressures, growing acquisition and leasing costs, higher engineering costs etc etc, meaning that costs have to be reduced elsewhere. One of the easiest places to cut back expenditure is obviously crew wages and T&C's, and getting the most out of your assets, hence flying upto 100hrs a month.
Long gone are the days where you could fly 50-60hrs a month and expect to get well paid, the money simply isn't there to support it.
Simply coming onto pprune a spouting a load of b
ks about cadets causing all the problems just shows a complete and utter lack of intelligence and understanding of the current commercial aviation situation!
Seriously, more Flight International, less pprune!!
We desperately need less lethargy and more action. Ask yourself this, what have you done recently to improve the situation in FR?