Virtual Enemy??
Look at the plattform Puck2 is on: Military... till thinking in the "Cold War" mentality. Do not talk, do not tell, do not think. So by talking about the Airline and by identify anything else it can be used by someone else here in the forum and getting the job. Is that the virtual Enemy ?
To be frank: Airlines offering a certain amount and that is 40.-- € per diem. Enough for one day to feed you at McDonalds and Burger King. That is the way the Industry is going. Most Aviators pay stagnated the last few years and did not get raised to compensate for inflation and devaluation of the currency.
Most Beancounters get away with it as some Pilots are paying for flying. They accept any condition to get expirience and hope for the big bucks later... too late they are not coming anymore. In most cases you have seen the best time in the past. Look at the Forums in here and see that too expirienced F/O´s got nowhere as they are too expensive for certain companies. They paid a high price to get 3000 or 4000 hrs and now ? Out of recency, 3 Type Ratings and no Job.
Quo vadis Aviation is a matter of time. I do not want to be negative, just critical at the time. Remember Galileo Galilei ? He was ahead of the time.... and paid with his life.
Fly safe and land happy
NG