Just thought I'd point out that we may not all be comparing like with like here. dickyflys is, according to his (her?) profile, cabin crew. While some Ts&Cs are common between flight deck and cabin crew, many are not. I'm not decrying dickyflys' point of view, but it wouldn't be right to assume that all he says applies equally to flight deck - equally, flight deck have some gripes that don't apply to CC!