This discussion has descended into a rather petty comparison of pilot pay. Like Wizofox, I'm tempted to say that this is all irrelevant in the much bigger discussion of open skies competition. This is probably true.
However, Tomcat has stuck his flag in the ground
New Tomcat has felt the need to make over 30 posts since he joined Pprune in 2005 with EVERY POST bar none criticizing EK. Rather obsessive behavior I think. Perhaps he failed his Psychometric Testing when he interviewed here at EK.