Not an excuse bro. Trust me, I have lived it.
You worked for a company that had a simple schedule and really did not care how the work got done so long as it was done. I believe this allowed y’all to step in and make scheduling work for you.
You now work for a company that dislikes pilots, that prefers to have most pilots at work. That will never trust you to improve the schedule.
That places no value on trip quality or commutability. That actively encourages pilots to leave if they dont like it the way it is. 2020 may be a start. It wont be the cure