Tongue in cheek or not, why be so critical of each others' jobs? Offshore and police work are obviously substantially different, but as for the challenges:- diversion planning in the Haar season........ night rural nav in marginal weather with no IFR option.......busy night shuttle in limiting winds.....urban pursuit with 3 radios going.....
Is a senior long haul pilot more of a professional, or doing a better job, than someone operating in the Highlands & Islands [do they still call it that]?
Personally I feel that the North Sea people deserve what they get, partly because of what they do every day but mostly because they've formed a [reasonably] united workforce with proper representation; they've been able to establish the value of seniority in a way which is completely alien to pretty much all other UK operators.