JR,
Consider me "jumping on here" stating that my Company pays the Award (in many cases above it - to keep people) and all applicable allowances. Wow, two hours before making a sweeping comment regarding lack of response. Awesome...
However, some of us realise that to get / keep people you have to at least do that. Funnily enough though, we still get shafted by those who say they'll do one thing to get a job but then blow that off when it suits them, to our expense... and we still also get undercut in industry by competitors who use pilots happy to work for less than the Award.
Integrity is still a virtue not found in many pilots - especially in the early phases of their career.