I like Sully, he is doing us a great service.
But as long as we all act independently and selfishly we have no chance of improving this situation. The "Shiney Jet Syndrome" forces one aviator to gladly undercut another in order to fill a seat. Thus T&C's are inevitably decimated by understandably opportunistic, short-term managerial types.
The only potential saving grace for us is that, wisely few people are entering the industry but there are squillions of aircraft on order. After the recession, somebody will have to fly them b ut there won't be that many somebodies!