I think we within the flying community sometimes think we are the only people experiencing a decrease in T&Cs. I'm sure there are a great deal of people out there in the wider world who would wish that it were so.
As I understand it, people in all walks of life are losing their jobs, or at the very least, having to accept reduced remuneration/benefits etc; these bitter pills are often hard to swallow because the job that is being devalued was not very enjoyable in the first place, hence the number of people wishing to enter this profession.
At the end of the day, (whilst watching the sunset), those of us fortunate to be sat in front of paying cargo, self loading or not, can still enjoy the benefits this job brings, perhaps not everyday, but nevertheless, more often than many who don't get such a view out of their office window.
That said, the current devaluation of the worth of aircrew is still damnably unacceptable!