Hmmm, if their demand for 53% is justified in today's market, that must mean they are being paid 53% less than they could get elsewhere, otherwise called the market rate.
There's a global pilot shortage.
Time to walk, maybe? Mobility goes with the territory of being an airline pilot, just as it does in some other professions.
Of course the administrative snouts in the trough are an affront while others suffer. Unfortunately it's an affront that's irrelevant to this issue.