bio161,
what a load of bullsh.it!
LHI has screened and failed tens of pilots last year in the name of their own internal union dispute, had these pilots passed the selection there would have been no jobs for them anyways in those days and if they wanted to re-apply now they can't.
Not really the kind of situation you describe:
The biggest part, if not the 100%, of the LH pilots would refuse a 30% increase in salary and a faster cpt upgrade, for example in Emirates, because it's different to have a fast and rich career somewhere in a X company, and to be part of a huge group to which you FEEL to belong.
This is what LH has been able to do in the last decades. To give the feeling to the employee to be PART of something. And this is more important than earning some $$$$ more and being just a number around.
On top of that if you consider the bond and the sub-standard T&C's then the picture if far from being the safe heaven you seem to dream of.