Lord Lucan
You raised the subject of how your hours compare to say a nucleur operator. I assume you mean somthing like a nucleur power station. I suggest you don't even think of going there. You fly maybe 800 hours a year. They do about 2000 on the sharp end for less pay than you with no maximum hours and 12 hour night shifts often as standard, plus if the morning shift don't turn up they don't go home, and that's the UK. Any surprsise many industrial disasters, Chernobyl, flix borough, 3 mile island tend to happen in the grave yard shift?
Train drivers, pretty much the same, but regularly are 'at work' for over 12 hours without travelling time. Lorry drivers, surprisingly, somewhat more regulated. I can't remember the actual hours at present despite having a class 1 HGV, but it adds up to an awful lot more than 800 hours a year. Just stick it in your calculator 800/52, thats 15 hours a week. Most lorry drivers do over 40 hours actual driving. Loading etc comes on top.
Flight crew are VERY LUCKY that their working day is duty hours not flying hours. How would you like 2000 hours flying?
The problem is that you think aviators are hard done by. If you try to get sympathy from MPs and £20K lorry drivers you may find some what less sympathy than you hoped for! That doesn't mean we should not defend what has been hard won though.