I don't talk about this crap at work unless someone else starts the conversation. I commute 4 hours to ORD from the west coast because they closed LAX, keep my head down and try not to hang myself on the overnights, not start frustrating conversations. Most people who aren't in love with aviation realize the career is pretty awful anyway, it's not a hot topic.

I guess once you lose hope though you don't have anything left so I'll leave the unicorn and rainbow people their "massive" hiring at AA and duck out of the pathetic conversation. Good luck.