Originally Posted by
Black Pudding
Do you think it was because the flight crews were overpaid that caused the collapse of FlyBe. Do you think if they took a 20% paycut they would of survived and prospered.
I never said that being 'overpaid' (or 'underpaid') caused or causes anything. I simply said that you get paid what can be afforded, It has nothing to do with grandiose ideas like "
about [being] reward for responsibility and for your expertise.". If the income from the customers isn't enough then that limits what you can be "rewarded". Comparisons with "XYZ pays such-and-such" are irrelevant.
Be very careful about being snooty about 'how little' someone else might be paid. Some of those "not-so-well paid" jobs right now are probably by far the most secure -- not because of the levels of pay but rather the particular sectors of the industry. And maybe those are sectors of the industry that many have been rather snooty about. Those with the 'last laugh' (it's not nice to laugh at others' misery, so that is not intended as such, it is just making use of a well known and used English term) for job security right now are most likely those that many, many others have been rather snooty about.