lyhardmo... not that I really am that interested in explaining myself anymore but i believe you have misunderstood my point. I am not talking about pilots at all.
Indeed I must have misunderstood since this is a pilots network and we were talking about Qantaslink in 2008.
People complain because they can. Its not easy living in Australia anymore as it was even 5yrs ago. 60k was considered pretty descent back then. Nowadays its a different kettle of fish. I didn't put all of my guts into flying for the money. I love flying butI also love to live and not worry if my place would be re-possessed by the bank. Or I could move to congo, live in a mud hut and ride a rusty bike with a mercedes badge to the airport to fly a rust antanov.
Back to the thread. Ask any manager to take the same wage, work the same number of duty hours and not complain.