@ sky-diver
I note your comparisons between the lawyer and an FO but you fail to mention one hugely important point.
If you believe lots of newspaper articles ( never in that trade myself ) , lawyers are going to be putting in 55- 70 hrs per WEEK to earn that money. How does that compare to the cockpit ? ( Let's foret the commute hours as lawyers have those too - and probably longer as at peak times)
I spent my working-life in industry and - once you moved even into the lowest level of manaement cf FO - that would be a minimum 50 hour week. This comment based on five different UK cos.