Actually Baywatcher, you may not be too far from the truth. I for one can say that my plans have changed. I no longer delude myself that this is a career airline and plan to get as much out of it as I can. eg An endorsement and a house. After that, time to go. The hope of a command in a reasonable time used to outweigh this view for me, no longer. I am not the only one and anecdotally have talked to many others who are slowly changing their world view.
Sure, I am not under the delusion that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence and everything will be perfect. But, it is hard for it not to be attractive when the grass on your side is brown. Good luck to all of you that stay with this airline until the bitter end. My advice is to get the most out of this that you can, in the end look after your family as they matter more than anything else in this world.