'Highest Paid Profession'
That 'official' statement was ridiculed and proven false.
MikeHotel152 - ridiculed and proven false by whom? You and Pprune?
...or can you point me in the direction of an official recantation?
As I said perception over fact. Readers of Pprune are not the ones that need to be convinced. The fact remains that 'Highest Paid Profession' is the general perception of the Pilot profession.
PS. I am being deliberately argumentative - I'm trying to see things from a non-pilot point of view, and the current arguments just don't present a good enough case. It's like reading those articles about GPs demanding more and more pay rises on top of their 100k+ base salary, its more likely to alienate support for their cause.