Pay for TC will not magically explode if a TC licence was introduced. Offshore, multi engine pilots pay is based on a highly competitive market and their licence has little to do with that. If it was just a case of licence then NPAS and HEMS would get the same rates. The TC market is simply not there on the same scale, unfortunate but true.
What he said.
The whole piece is driven by market forces i.e. supply and demand; you can spend all day arguing about what people are worth or what they should be paid, but it won't change anything. Either take the job or don't - no one is holding a gun to your head. Smells a bit like a sense of entitlement here crab - are you becoming a snowflake?