The computer salesman earning double that of the pilot is probably twice as economically productive as the pilot. Lack of formal training has diddly squat to do with anything - a good salesman is worth his weight in gold. No sales, no customers. We pilots have virtually no contact with customers or persuading them to use our services. Remember the general public will have little sympathy with striking pilots - we're already the fat cats if you look at average earnings country-wide of £23,000 pa. It's all relative, as the firemen are discovering. If you want to be a fat cat manager earning the big bucks, go and do fat cat management - what's stopping you?