You'll notice I wrote "...self respecting chief pilot with the crews' interests at heart...". A company man who thinks shafting the crews is OK will probably have no problem with the damage it does to the industry. Just remember, Pilot B will also be part of that industry with it's ever eroding T&Cs, said erosion to which he has in no small measure contributed.
As for having 100 on type, why should they hire that person when they can get someone with zero on type who will pay them to work for them? 100 on type means nothing. You're still deep in the monkey hours while the next person is excluding you from employment by paying to do the job you want.
With friends in the industry I see them getting screwed by their employers and not coming from the industry it looks like they are abused by their employers.
They're getting screwed because employers just have to kick over a rock to find a dozen pilots willing to shaft their colleagues in this manner. The only winners here are the employers as long as crews are prepared to succumb to these practices.
