Lartington,
A couple of points.
Delta is flat out replacing Delta pilot jobs with the lower paid jobs of their owned regional partners. the Delta pilots decided on higher pay for their senior pilots instead of protecting the jobs of all.
You mentioned "the Majors" like 300K jobs grow on trees. Delta has few MD-11's and fewer 777's. United is the only other with that pay level. At AA the max 777 Captain salary this year is around 212K, only 100 or so out of 14,000 can make this.
You made 4K a month at your last job? I don't have to look far in the states to find Garbage men and truck drivers making that. If that what it comes to I'd rather do that and stay in my own bed each night. Pilot salaries are NOT the problem. At AA, every pilot could work for free and we'd still lose money or make little profit this year.