All managements everywhere think like this. We are a resource to be managed.
Just flew with a guy who used to be at ALK--VP in marketing (so he claims). He learned to fly but things were slow so he entered the airline world on the management side and climb his way up the latter.
One day he tired of the "rat race" (his words) and decided to peruse his dream of flying. The day he resigned, the then CEO shook his hand, wished him luck and said "you are now one of the little people".
Managements don't care about our profession, they don't care about the long term repercussions of not having enough qualified people in the pipeline. They have no sense of accountability or moral or social responsibility at all. Because it's business, and in business you don't have to act like a human being.