AVERAGE income in the UK is £26500 and that includes the SUPER Rich
MEDIAN income is £ 21000
Mach E Avelli has it in one - it's supply and demand that sets pay these days
Quite a lot of people have a romantic view of being a pilot and TBH it isn't that bad - reasonably pleasant working environment, no manual labour, working in small groups, no managment sitting in the corner watching you 24/7
Job security has gone for a Burton but then it has for most of everyone else in the UK, the hours are pretty anti-social but you get decent amounts of timeoff (admittedly on a strange pattern cp every other job)
The main driver for going or staying has to be job satisfaction - if you like the work stay, if you don't or you fancy something different go - but don't sit around moaning about it either way