Im not sure which airline you worked for before tudor but i can tell you that we are on nowhere near 22k. I am a senior crew member and have been with VS for 5 years, my salary is 12.5k!!
I doubt that there are any airlines that pay less than us as it is a well known fact that VS is the lowest paying long haul in this country (and probably lower than most short haul.)
I have actually heard (and this could just be galley FM so am happy to be corrected on this) that we are only just above air india on the pay scale and they are the lowest paid airline.