Surprised ? This was coming and it was possible to see it coming long time ago. When the guy on your right is treated like an animal , it is just a matter of time before they will treat you like them whenever they will able to. Once they have broken their will , they will move to the next level and next group. Now it is time of Captains.
Tomorrow they will replace F/O with computers and finally they will place computers on any aircrafts.
They don't complain, cost less, don't have human needs and you can bit them whenever they don't cooperate.
Perfect system for O'leary!