Nothing to do with safety.
And so the terms and conditions continue their steady decline.
Just how much is enough? Do we need to make 5000 billion dollars a year before someone says "well guess what? I suppose they're doing a good job out there, how about this for a radical idea? What do you say we leave the terms and conditions just as they are? Seems like those boys & gals are doing mighty fine despite the price of oil."
Of all the things they could have "tweaked", why oh why does it have to be the bidding system. Without doubt this is the holy grail of terms and conditions.
The top two months of the rotating bid system are chance for a pilot to pick his days off, get a couple of ULR flights and still be working hard in comparison to other operators. It is analogous to an office worker who waits for his weekend. Something to look forward to, and if you've had a hard time in between well that was just a hard day at the office.
Bring your own food to work, and how about buying your own uniform? Maybe we can do away with the excessive annual leave allowance? Remember you're only "entitled" to 30 days, despite what it says in your contract. Cycle to work. Buy your own charts. Simulator on days off, after all, it's your licence, not the companies problem really.
Seen it all before. I think they call it "low cost".
Now where did I put my CV?