Peter Brady if they were doing the same job as their mainland counterparts, why wouldn't they be paid the same? The fact that they pay no tax is partly offset by the high cost of commodities and the isolation. A lack of tax on Norfolk may seem like their good luck but it also comes with a lack of a few other goodies we take for granted on the mainland - like ready road access to any medical attention we desire, tertiary education for the kids, variety of entertainment etc.
At least that was the reasoning applied by the original Chief Pilot at Ozjet.
Now times have changed it seems. If times are so tough that a few people will make all the difference to the bottom line by wearing a pay cut, how much greater would be the difference if senior staff made comparable sacrifices, percentage-wise, to see this economic crisis out?