Face the fuggin facts, Gen Y!
You youngsters think that the current pilot shortage makes you all so very important and that you have the lives of hundreds of "souls" in your hands. Nonsense: You are, to put it frankly, there to supervise the operation of various computers. In about ten years time, your salary will reflect the job that you actually perform. So take the money while the going is good, but don't kid yourselves about the future.