Noooby,
If you haven't worked it out by now you are in an offshore thread, no one is suggesting that Rupert Murdoch's pilot should be paid the same as the boss.
212man,
I was on my way to work here in Aus sitting down the back of a 737 next to a guy who cleaned LNG tankers when they are in port (cabins, kitchens etc), he earned twice what I did!
I'm sure we are not the lowest paid workers offshore but on the average I think O & G companies can afford a little more for the services we provide. BP managed to anti up US$20B weeks after the SHTF in the Gulf of Mexico, I'm sure they can afford it. (well maybe not BP anymore
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TalkSpike.