Nugpot, you mean to tell me you are happy to earn peanuts. What's wrong in wanting to earn, in terms of buying power, what comparable airline pilots earn overseas. These comparable airlines are not the best paying necessarily, but are your average airlines like BA or Lufthansa? Maybe that's why Comair has had a mass exodus to Emirates. They are going there to earn more bucks.
Have you seen the salaries that CEO's earn? What in this world could possibly justify that? Do you that 20 years ago, CEO's used to earn about 25 times as much as the average worker. These days that has gone up to 63 times!
Do you want to know why Captains earn so much? Have you any idea what any SAA flight is insured for in terms of 3rd party insurance?
Try R10 500 000 000!!! It's in the AFM (Aircraft Flight Manual). Any idea of the ramifications if a Captain and his/her crew prang a A340-600 in somewhere high profile like New York or Washington? He/she is in charge of a piece of equipment worth millions and millions. It suddenly puts his/her salary into perspective. Why do people have a problem with this? What about all the fat cats in government? And as for the money brought in by actors and rock stars. I think that the western world has gone mad.
