3 words, National Seniority List! As long as this stays out of reach and is considered a “pipe dream,” pilots will always get screwed period!
Furloughs or layoffs would be just a little bearable if you could expect a starting salary that equates your experience in professional flying. I think a National Seniority List would be hard as hell to do but nothing is impossible! And until a list or a system like that comes about, we will continue to see threads like this for a VERY, VERY LONG TIME!!!!