You have missed my point.
Far from giving the crew a hard time I am simply pointing out a universally recognised fact.
I cannot live the lifestyle I want to live on that money. To expect any company to raise my wages so I can afford to work half the hours is wholly unrealistic so rather than join a union an fight for it I CHOOSE to work my 2080 hours per year which makes my salary up to a level that I feel I can live comfortably on. Perfectly reasonable in my opinion.