As you know, these surveys can easily be crafted on the front end and results contorted on the back end like an "evil genie" and be made to say basically anything in the hands of the right statistician.

I wish for a million dollars. Poof, here's your money!

Oh by the way it belongs to a drug lord and he knows you have it and where you live. But you got your wish, enjoy!

See how easy that was?

Its very common for pilots to list pay as a top priority. Of course it is. But doing so does not mean there is a mandate to concede in other areas to achieve it. Many of the questions are classic Sophie's choices where no matter how you answer, you're agreeing to sacrifice something for something else.

Pay will always be one of, if not the, highest item listed on a survey where you rank your priorities. But that does not mean that selling more scope or work rules is the answer unless that was specifically stated in the survey, and we all know it absolutely won't be.