People who have been working in an industry for some time get jaded and sometimes loose their perspective.
Tizer. For many in the current climate it's less about losing perspective, and more about losing their jobs. Are you seriously saying that the scores of pilots facing redundancy right now have simply lost perspective? Perhaps if you put down those glossy CTC brochures which you're struggling to read and looked at what's actually going on you'd appreciate that a little more.