Oleo Sayer, you are missing the real point of this thread. The content of your post is exactly what management in any airline think about Engineers (ie we earn too much and do to little!)
The issue of maximum working hours for our industry is a serious matter which urgently needs addressing to give us the protection that flight crews have. It’s obvious that any move to sort this will not come from the Airlines. Until we can at last act professionally together as a group to try and resolve this, there will always be those who will happily continue to work ridiculous hours to line their pockets
I saw the program about 90% of the UK population earning less than 48K!! However, am I the only one that thinks that a lot more than 10% seem manage to drive flash cars and have very nice houses!? (What the program didn't mention was the statistics for how many self employed in the UK don't pay a lot of Tax!)