In the five years since you first asked this question things have only gotten worse.
Staffing is worse which leads to more 4 day trips, with inefficient locals added to get you up to max duty days for minimum pay.
Flight Schedules have been cut which leads to longer sits between flights, which leads to less efficient trips which leads to max duty days for minimum pay.
Pay is up from what it was when you first asked, but inflation is up even more, so your pay and per diem for overpriced airport and hotel food don't go as far. That is if you can actually get something to eat between flights because of the excessively long lines to the understaffed airport concessions.