Indeed, would be interesting to know how much in general agencies get for each pilot. Maybe it is completely up to them to advertise the salary for a given position. The end result is crap saying the least for pilots, you donīt work for an airline even if you are a pilot and all kinds of people want their cut from the salary of the pilot. In any industry it is always best to buy something directly from the producer to avoid a higher price, in this case it is the same but the opposite. For the airline it is the same except this way they do not need to worry about taking any kind of responsibility for staff since they donīt employ them.
Big business labor nowadays.