I have worked for a coupe of CP's who behaved as "Chief of the Pilots". OK, they had other financial & standards responsibilities, but at the crunch, when the CFO of MD tried to screw his boys he stood up and resisted. Might not always win, but he tried and perhaps softened whatever bulldozer & scalpel operation was being planned from on high. Huge respect was earned and rewarded when the extra mile was asked for. Outside of them i've experienced very little support of the pilots from CP's; generally the opposite. 'Feathering one's own nest' often comes to mind. I wish some them could still fly; but perhaps because they can't they restrict the rest of us from doing so.