Unfortunatly i think we are only worth what we can get the company to pay us... And as long as newbies will be paying for TR with no guaranteed job ect its only going to continue going downhill..
A few yrs ago before this crisis, there was a massive boom, pilots req bigtime... talk of pilot shortage.... but overall the T&C didnt escalate, in fact, they just took newbies with 200hrs to fly because they were willing to pay for training and work for next to nothing.
My 2c worth.