Basically it would appear those who aren't pilots are the ones implying we're overpaid.
Well, what do they know about what our job is actually like?
We know what we're worth and should fight for it. End of.
The one thing nearly everyone tends to ignore.......is that the job combines management with a high degree of a very specialised type of motor skill, requiring rapid interpretation of information provided by instruments and hand/eye co-ordination, carried out in a rapidly moving and potentially disorientating environment.
So if you must compare, then ship's Captains and surgeons are more likely to fit the bill to a certain extent, but comparisons are really not necessary.
We are what we are and we do what we do. Anyone with an once of common sense and empathy should be able to see that it's a highly skilled and extremely responsible occupation and deserves good remuneration.