And yes, this job is dead. It might end like the poor guys from eastern europe living in their truck or like the Filipinos beeing exploited across the seven seas.....
A million years ago, it seems, I remember one of my early Captains suggesting that the Airline Pilot would go the way of the Royal Scot express train driver.
He explained that the early express train drivers were the cream of the cream amongst wage earners, people geneflucted towards them, rushed to smooth their path, paid them unbelievably high wages for the time, etc. but look at them now, he said, they creep aboard in greasy overalls carrying their lunch in a little aluminium tin and nobody really cares what they do, although the responsibility for their passengers hasn't diminished.
Strangely prophetic, sadly.