I fully understand jobs like that are pretty rare but they do exist and there will always be companies offering above average packages. Admittedly, not everyone is going to make it into outfits like that:
Guy I recently talked to, 737 skipper working in central Europe, part time, six months of work last year and I bet he still got five grand a months after taxes.
Another guy I went to uni with now flying for a European flag carrier, in his mid-twenties, building his first house with pool and other gadgets. According to him he's making so much dough that he's finding it hard to spend all.
Like with every other profession: There are bad jobs. There are good jobs. And there are great jobs.
As one guy said earlier, be grateful you get to live and fly for a living in western Europe, a place in peace and, after all, let's face it, prosperity. 95 percent of the world population do not have that...