I recall a conversation with a major airline training captain in 1994, where he stated that pilots were henceforth going to be just another component in the company, and that training, ability and all else would be secondary to costs. Apart from JAL 351 in 1982 (where the pilot was mentally upset, but the company had known about it for 2 years and done nothing), it seems that pilot suicides in airliners started in 1994.
I would suggest that overworked, underpaid, highly indebted and significantly less capable pilots (because the good ones won't put up with the first 3) might have something to do with this.
Go reread the Colgan Air report.