I agree. Unfortueately this argument is never put forward within unionised airline pay negotiations etc. There is just talk of shift pay is not as good as xx, approval pay is not as good as yy, leave is not as good as zz. The fundimentals of what we do day in day out is never addressed, hence basic pay will always be poo because apart from the above reply, all pay negotiations/comment etc is just based on shift pay etc, not the real world.