Well then surely we can drop the rate of first officers and captains too? Let’s put the whole lot out to tender and see what the lowest possible salary is when someone will take the job.
It’s been demonstrated that people will actually pay for a job flying a jet. Perhaps we could have an eBay style auction to see just how much someone will pay to get in the flight deck of a wide body jet?
And so now we have a sprint to the bottom. There is always someone who will do your job cheaper. It’s easy to argue market dynamics, until it’s about your job.