Aaaah I am showing my ignorance am I? This is why you lack credibility. £1600-£1800 is not a good month, its the average month. Don't tell me I don't know, I've seen enough of the payslips to know. And thats a poor wage is it? If you are averaging £1600 per month you would have to be earning £22800 per year in a normal job to achieve that. If it was £1700 per month then you'd be on £24400. If you can manage £18000 then you'd need to be on £25900. Compare that to an average salary of £22400 and I'd say you are paid pretty well for a low skill job that requires less than 6 weeks of training. There are plenty of people in the South East earning less than that and getting by.
The issue is not even that you are paid well (which you are for the job you do). It is that BA do not even get value for money. 5 supervisory grades for 10 main crew on a 747. A CSD with a non-service role. 2 supervisory grades on a 767. Less than 40 sectors per month from EF crew. Hugh standby requirements to cover crew walking off flights. BA pay you more and work you less than any other UK carrier, yet you have the audacity to claim you are hard done by?