Depends which lawyers you look at.Is it the ones in London who rubber stamp their public school mates Lehman Brother deals and earn 1.5 million a year or the 95 percent who earn 35K doing whippy claims and putting your car insurance through the roof?In Asia piloting is well respected and well paid.I agree though pilot egos are ridiculous coupled with not much upstairs can lead to the situation we are seeing in Europe.