True dat: MD-11 Captains out of the MIA corrosion corner making less than $100k.
Heck, been there done that myself, while on furlough I took a job as a B-747 Captain hauling freight all over the planet for peanuts just to put food on the table.
Tried to resist for a year and worked as a Yacht Captain for cash for while but ended up scrubbing teak decks in the October heat in South Florida. Realized I was too old and lazy to do manual labor.
Took the cargo job for peanuts but due to rapid expansion I ended up a Check Airman and could write my own pay checks after a year.

I can see how pilots work for half pay rather than going hungry and not every swingin **** gets to work for a major airline with fantasy pay and benefits.

Now that we finally have a pilot shortage and China screaming for warm bodies @ $200k + per annum, Norwegian and others will have to increase their compensation shortly.

One of my buddies is a sim instructor for Norwegian on the 737 program and he keep telling horror stories about initial candidates with 180 TT. Quite a few don't make it through the program, duh..

Supply and demand should take care of compensation. Wish I was 21 years old again:
Had 3000 Hrs TT before I saw the inside of a turboprop and 5200 TT before I climbed in a jet cockpit for the first time.

NAI and their subsidiaries are not breaking any laws and the pilots are not scabbing. Instead the company is run by a smart lawyer, pretty much like SWA was when they started up.