The biggest problem I see among pilots is disrespect to other professions. I have seen this for many years. Pilots tend to consider themselves Gods but this is far away from true and if you try walking in other shoes you will quickly realize that.
As correctly pointed by Flypuppy, nuclear power plant operators are paid comparable to airline pilot. However following your logic they should be paid at least 500 times better. And no plant is fail safe. Chernobyl was considered to be safe.... before it happened.