Bloody well said Luke!
I have always believed that there are too many desperados who want it, at the expenses of the T's & C's, so bad that they become slightly delusional about the big picture. Quality of life etc etc. I'm truly shocked that a union body such as BALPA has not stepped in earlier to clear up this mess that has happened. Does make one wonder. The direction the industry took a few years ago should have been nipped in the bud the moment the indications were there. If anything, it would have made the pages of this website a less bitchy place (I think!). But more importantly people's livelihoods less screwed around. Sadly not everyone thinks of these things when they have such tunnel vision.