Why are the drivers the least paid onboard? Because they can get away with it. I agree it is a disgrace. I have never flown these demanding ops, just a few jet patient transfers.
The rosters seem stable, demanding call out and weather, remote strips, black holes.....
Experience levels used to be demanded extremely high.
Why have pilot wages been allowed to slip?
Yes the public think its a charity service hence the huge amounts raised in the public arena. Yet private companies that may tender low to win the contract but then? Where does all the money raised go?
Why are these drivers not some of the best paid???