Aah! Divide and rule. The British, past masters at the game have bestowed this legacy on the subcontinent which governments and managements still use successfully. Throw a dog a bone and watch him run away with it leaving the rest of the pack to howl in vain!
It will take a Mahatama to unify pilots in India, till then we will keep suffering, wailing and at best change jobs hoping and praying the next company respects its pilots a bit more.
Fortunately in many countries, there are airline managements that always give their citizens preference over others, or at least equate them with others instead of marking them as underdogs.
Aeronotix.