C'mon, you knew what you were doing was mercenary when you agreed to FR T&C's, and although FR are not entirely responsible for SSTR being the norm, they were, and are, a major driving force in the introduction of this practice. Unfortunately other airlines saw how easy it was for FR to make part of their annual profits from selling TR's to cadets and followed suit thus bringing down the T&C's of most of the industry.
So take your medicine, accept the FR "regime" have no interest in you and shut up!
