Senior nurses are paid more than junior doctors, by about twenty grand. It's one of the reasons there's such a doctor shortage in Australia.
Unions don't have the teeth (or the numbers) they used to have fifteen years ago. Even the TWU's pretty wussy these days. Could anyone see this type of thing happening today (genuine question, I don't work for an airline)?
Second genuine question: why were airline wages so relatively high in the seventies? Was there a shortage of available candidates?