Joetom, what an insulting incendiary thing to say, supported by another poster's daft comment!:
I wish the pilots were as quick to pay a share of the meal bill as they are to seal their pension deal???
This Captain never had that problem as he would never eat 'en masse'! I got fed up with CC sneaking multitudinous Irish coffees in and sounding off about pilots over dinner- a peculiarly BA pastime! I was far happier taking my wife away and eating with her. You are quoting nonsense about pilot pay deals to support your vacuous arguments. Get used to it- you will never be paid pilot pay levels because your training is all of 3 weeks and to be replaced, all it takes is sending out to Tescos for more. Skill levels come into it too somewhere. Just take it easy and fight your own corner instead of trying to do down others.