I wish some of you would read the papers especially the business and appointments pages. You might then appreciate how crap pilot pay generally is eg "Cauldwell Communications looking for top graduates for fast track management scheme...starting salary £60,000..those who make it to Directorships £500,000pa"
That may be the top end but read the papers on any given day and you will find careers that many of us could or did pursue that pay far far more than any UK pilot is currently getting.