A post from 'big brother' in the 'JetStar NZ pilots vote for industrial action' thread, which gives a different point of view regarding 'the pilot shortage
When someone gets their first jet job, pay and conditions take a back seat in their thinking for the first few months while the honeymoon period lasts. First few weeks they're on a high having got out of pistons/turbo props and GA/regionals into the big world.
I was please that I doubled my pay by going from LHS turbo prop to RHS jet. Then I found I was working twice as hard, a 50 hour a month freight job with 40 hours night became a 90 hour a month job with 40 hours night.
After a year or two when the novelty wears off a bit people start looking more at the whole picture, THEN the complaining really starts.