Don't like the game? Don't play the game. Regional airlines as well as majors spend millions on psychology experts to keep the employees cowed. It works right up to the point where people decide that they don't want to work in the field or continue to work in the field. The average airline pilot works for a fair wage only after spending 1/3rd to 1/2 of their career at substandard wages at another "airline". If you think about the reality, airlines need pilots, every body else can be outsourced and can/ has been. Pilots can be outsourced only after another airline to outsource them from has been created(regionals). Airlines are about 20 years behind the rest of the economy, in every aspect. Outsourcing during the 90s has been proven to be less successful than it was anticipated. Companies are converting to insourcing, ie the major hiring process.