When it comes to Terms and Conditions you have to consider the complete package when making comparisons.
You might be paid "quite well" but if you have to buy your own uniform, pay for your own car park pass and airport ID, take your own food and drink to work with you (ie its not provided by the company and the drinks might have to be paid for at airport prices in the terminal), pay your own travel expenses and hotac for simulator details, pay for your own loss of licence and/or private health insurance and/or a personal pension scheme, pay for your own licence and medical renewals etc etc as opposed to those employed by companies which include all or some of these items, then maybe you're not so well off as you think! (And then there are the issues of leave and sick pay!).
Be careful that you are not comparing apples with oranges!