Well said Teapea Friends of mine with equivalent qualifications are creaming the money in. Even the CC serving tea and coffee pull in more dosh than our average airbus jockey. Who's fault is that? Certainly not the management whose job it is to minimise costs. Interesting that they'll fork out 40K for someone to serve tea and coffee, and yet begrudge 30K for a copilot. Unfortunately, apathy rules in aviation. Pilots are just relieved to have a job in order to get a return on their investment/training. Other people in the airline would just walk if their T & C's weren't up to scratch.