I'm no alluding to poverty.
The old 'monkeys could do your job' arguement. Good when all else fails.
Comparisons with both Emirates and Easyjet have been successfully challenged with BA management, the ones to whom the arguments are actually relevant, and the company has dropped them. Were they scared of the big scary cabin crew backed by the evil genius Bassa? Not in the slightest. Plenty of ex 'other' airline crew are around to point out and prove the actual facts.
I've flown with plenty of crew who have moved between fleets and there is apparently little difference between take home pay on fleets. In some cases s/h crew have the potential to earn more.