That article linked to in
The Australian - it's by 'Joe Hildebrand'.
That name seems to have been at the top of several very anti-pilot, pro-management articles in a number of Murdoch papers lately (Aus, Tele, Herald Sun).
Conspiracy theories... Murdoch's been down this route before... could he be engineering something again?
Should this Hildebrand character perhaps be engaged directly and have it explained to him where he is being taken for a complete patsy by management?
In
this article, 'Joe' claims that
An average 747 pilot earns $350,000 a year and the top pilots earn up to $500,000.