Olster is spot on.
I'm convinced a generation of pilots have been brainwashed into lowering their expectations.
Witness the individual who evidently considers his 'matched' pension contribution of £5000 as adequate - it's not - abet probably far better than many of his flightdeck colleagues in his company, e.g. cadets/contractors etc.
The "I'm alright Jack" tendency will catch up with all of us in the end. Airline managers know this well and take advantage of it, despite the sterling efforts of BALPA and the other pilot associations.
We should care as much about the lot of the most junior within our companies as the most senior, because both of them will effect our lot in the end. One end is the bedrock and the other is the peak - most of us are somewhere in between.