It never ceases to amaze me how people start to compare their lot with others. The LC 737 driver in Europe against a 777, forgetting that most of the 777 boys have flown the dirty old 73 and many have sat in exactly the same seat!
Then it runs to, what did the boys get in Mongolia? What about Mars? What about the cabin crew? Jealousy leads to a race to the bottom until market forces drive a change. Following the logic; he used to stock shelves but now flies, why pay him any more than the stacker?
It's called a career. When you are an employee you are paid more as you gain seniority and experience. Increases are sometimes given to match inflation but employers will only pay top dollar to fill seats as the company starts to go over the precipice and not before.
It doesn't matter how close you get until Senior Management have irrefutable evidence that they have screwed the pooch they will keep on trucking. Reducing experience will seem like a panacea but will just increase training and wastage.
This Jeppessen system will fail just as all others have due to
GIGO and overtime will rise unless we get bums on seats.
Welcome to the Pleasuredome boys and girls!