"Ex CC" that's common knowledge here anyway.
Tell us something we don't know:-)
The Airlines have been shooting themselves in the foot as you say for years, there's virtually no feet left to stand on & we are now seeing the feet that keep aviation on it's own legs being eaten away.
Two years ago now I started to prepare for the inevitable as personally I believe it's a good time to get ones affairs in order if you are employed as a pilot & that goes for engineers as well plus all the ancillary jobs that support the industry, something has to give soon & it won't be the fat cats at the top either!
Wmk2