So fruitbatflyer, you'd be quite happy to take a pay cut then wherever you work? I can only assume you're not an airline pilot, because I don't think there'd be anyone of us quite as laid back about eroding conditions as you seem to be.
This issue is not about what pilots in different countries or different professions get paid - this is about keeping what we have, without people such as yourself being content at the prospect of us getting less.