Ok Bealzebub, I understand what you have written and as you say, other parties are also partly to blame for our current predicament. But any person who spends in excess if £100,000 to train as a pilot now has to be barking mad and, I'd suggest desperate to get a job once they have their licence issued. But there are no jobs to speak of, yet the training system is still churning chumps out into a flat market. And yes, I have seen some erosion my T's & C's (eg. the appalling crew hotel in a certain location, (dis)affectionately known as the "Abyss"). And you are also right about those at the top not looking after those at the bottom. Some time ago snake oil salesmen in our company offered our CC some deals that were too good to be turned down (for senior guys only) and they got through, to the detriment of those less senior. But we only have a chance to start moving in the right direction only once supply of gullible newbies dries up - I can't see the market expanding fast enough to soak up the slack in the system, certainly in the short term.
PM