Don't know you are born
What a load of moaning minnies you lot are. Get a life. The money you earn for the job you do is certainly not poor - just look at the major jobs being advertised in the press and see what you have to do outside flying to earn between £80,000 -£130,000 gross. Do you realise that 'normal' people working 37.5 hours - and not may earning £80k+ do as little as that; and working 46 weeks of the year put in 1725 hours a year. This is the real world. You can't compare what someone in BA or IB gets as they are working in a completely different employment environment. It's like saying that you want to buy your food at M&S but pay Costco proces.
Good company pension provision within the UK, outside direct government employment, is almost a thing of the past - even for the old legacy carriers.
You are protected on the hours you work, the rest periods you have, the numbers of consecutive days you can work etc. etc. You complain that you have to pay for your food (ah, bless).
If you are unhappy with you lot DO SOMETHING, don't just moan on and on about how it used to be; nothing stays the same forever. Everyone has a choice.
and, you are wrong to say that MOL is doing it all to line his own pockets. The FR shareholders (and are a lot of the 'older' employees not shareholders as well?) are the main beneficiaries of the profits and growth in FR. MOL gets his share but don't be mistaken that it is all for him.
There are lots of very skilled professionals in this industry that would be very, very pleased to receive a massive pay increase to take them to 50% of what a pilot earns. They do it without all the regulations and protections, they have to pay there own way in terms of transport, food etc.
Finally, I've been in this industry for many years (30+) and moaning and whinging was there on the day I started and it is still there today and, yes, aircrew still moan the most.