Hello Captain
I am in no position to make threats or throw my weight around. Yes PM would probably be mad to cash in, however should he wish to there is nothing to stop him is there?
Being one of you guys and nearing the end of my career in aviation (such as it is), I realised early on, crews will never stand together. This is why we are all working for peanuts at the moment and it may very well get worse. People are prepared to work for half what we are on and in the future they will do the job. The technology is in place to have pilot less aircraft, as you know, so it will not be such a giant leap for them to put a kid straight out of an arcade into the cockpit. Progress towards that is proceeding at an alarming rate from my observation.
My advise is to get out while you still can. I have left it too late so I am a slave to the industry, so cant do much else but wishing I could.