Be Thankful
You are right, $5000 in the Phils is a lot of money. Lets hope that what comes next is the eventual retirement of "kalbo" and his classmates. Then pilots might be treated in a lot better way. Money is not everything, how we get treated means a lot.
Pilots who are still inside, be thankful, if not for those who went out, you will still be paid and treated tha same way as before.
Pilots on the outside, we should help those inside if they want a better life.