A&C I have also flown elsewhere before and have a few ratings behind me..... starting with the F16 onwards....but I guess this is not the topic.
You are very clearly a management pilot somewhere and your focus is on the task to be completed more than the methods to carry out the task, you dislike the pay to fly cadet "cancer" but are very happy to let experienced captains fly as disguised contractors or liable LTD directors justifying immoral working practices in the name of the free market, the same free market that gave birth to the cadet business.
It is called hypocrisy at my latitudes....
Hypocrisy + corporate greed + immoral working practices = decline