Teresa, never let the facts get in the way of a good story!
The following shorthaul EBA's: These are the facts - do you actually know them or are you just repeating the disinformation that you have been told.
Once you have worked through those, and after considering payment for working on a designated duty free day (section 25.5 J* - of which they get 11.5 per 28 day equivalent vs 9 for QF and no extra payment), you may wish to revise your number to a difference of about 5% - John Borghetti's own words -
We pay enough says Virgin Australia CEO | News.com.au.
Originally Posted by John Borghetti
Mr Borghetti says there was a 5 per cent difference between the salary of a Boeing 737 pilot flying a Virgin Australia aircraft and an identical pilot flying the same aircraft for Qantas.
There is much more to this than the headline hourly rate. Stop propagating factually incorrect propaganda.