Well, 30 years ago, the sun came up and breaking through the clouds on a dull day to be greeted by glorious sunshine still remains.
However, the profession itself is in the gutter. Airline management is doing its best, I'm sure across the globe, to reduce salary costs and associated T&C's.
Unfortunately, the glamour still remains in misty eyed wannabes, with seemingly endless amounts of cash.
Pilots themselves are their own worst enemy - each will accept something to further themselves and no thought for others or the impact beyond even the end of the month. At my airline we had summer-only contracts, 70% contracts, and people were queuing up to take them - 100s of applications. Unfortunate consequences for those in the company who are now in the accountants gun-sights.
We are all becoming blue-collar workers. The job is hard, and it's getting harder. The only really depressing thought is the complete idiots who run the company.