"They don't seem to realise that we are the hardest working lowest paid airline pilots in the country..Well it's time for that to end.."
That is a very arrogant statement to make. I know of a lot of other pilots(airline) in other companies IN OZ earning not as much and working just as hard.
At the end of the day NOBODY is making you stay there and NOBODY twisted your arm to go there in the first place. If you don't like it, you do have a very real choice.
Laying in one's bed that one made comes to mind.