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I make no 'claim' for my hours - I have flown to CAP all year - my bank has reduced and I have done in excess of 800. Make of it what you will.
Many of our 'junior' pilots are immensely experienced operators from other professional organisations ( including numerous ex-captains). Junior need not necessarily equate to 'apprentice', unless you have a particular penchant for overbearing, pompous and pejorative generalities.
I have checked my post for any reference to comparative pay scales but alas I was unsuccessful. Would you care to explain what leads you to presume that I think that 'all new pilots deserve to be paid the same as a senior Captain?'