Look guys....it's called Capitalism. It's the same in all other areas of commercial life, not just Aviation. Everyone I meet complains of the same thing. Ever higher workload. More stress. No more money. As Karl Marx said, in the capitalist system the rich get richer and the rest of us get screwed.
The only answer, I have found, is to work for yourself. That doesn't stop me getting screwed though...now I think about it.
It's the same old rat-race. Just different rats.