The industry has had problems from the time it started and Orville and Wilbur were fighting over who gets to fly first...
To add insult to injury, every commercial (now ATP-light) rated pilot is qualified to do the same job to the same level of work and you're not able to really take your "experience with you". As such, loyalty to the company is rewarded, but experience in the profession is not, additionally you have no grounds to negotiate your compensation in the 121 world which is why there are 10,000 hour pilots at the regionals waiting for the chance to get BACK to mainline.
I'll play however.
Flying a desk. 420% of poverty level, family of 3.