It's not necessarily that they are inept, but as has been said before they will keep trying it on until someone bites. The real problem is that someone WILL always bite. I seem to remember that quick commands were offered a few years ago on condition that the base was Madrid, on at the time a rubbish contract.
Management know that pilots in the Company will rant a lot but will not go the whole way to support their fellows, viz DTM, and I think, very clever in manipulating this disunity to their own advantage - more and bigger bonuses