Look I get that your experience in the airlines isn't very strong when it comes to unions. You've worked for a non-union carrier, and a (previously) feckless one.

So your examples of how labor relations work might not give you a lot of hope. But fly the contract. And if the company can violate the contract without penalty, then rewrite the enforcement mechanisms. All your soul-crushing complaints can be remedied by a single contract. We just need the cojones to negotiate for it.