Our only hope is that pilots will be willing to fight for the increase in pay and QOL due to the fact that some will never see mainline these days.
That's the truth, and hopefully your attitude will be shared by many.
I was talking the other day about how everything is now outsourced and the product has gone to hell due to it. Even ground handling is outsourced these days. I find it crazy that United would have Comair run its ground handling at quite a few outstations.
I was reading an aviation magazine not too long ago and it had a picture of a UAL 777 undergoing heavy maintenance in China.