I know I'll probably throw the cat amongst the pigeons and people will get very upset but rather than always being of the opinion that as pilots we are now underpaid compared to how it used to be decades ago, how about the view that pilots were somewhat overpaid in the old days and salaries have come down to a more realistic level?
I'm not talking the profession down as I myself work hard and would love to earn more, but last year I went to work less than 120 days and earned before tax 50,000 GBP which is 57,500 EUR or 76,500 USD. Not bad pay for sitting in the RHS of a 737 and the best thing of all is I love the job. A far better position than in my last career which lasted 10 years and where I earned far less in a graduate managerial job for working double the days with four times the stress I have now.
Don't shoot me down - just throwing a viewpoint into the air for discussion!