Not sure if you're mgt or are real F9 pilots or if this is representative of your actual feelings but...

Anyone in any industry wants to be paid what they're worth. What exactly IS that though? How do I know what I'm worth? Several questions to ask:

Do I do the same job (or more)?
Do I have the same equipment to work with or is my equipment better (or worse)?
Is the environment the same - ie. do I have work conditions that favor my abilities or make them more difficult?
And, last but not least, are others BETTER than me (or worse) given the same/similar of above?

I know what my answers are. And, if you are paid less and are content - because you make more than your neighbor who doesnt have the same job or because the meak additional opportunities of open time/premium pick up are occurring, then I don't ever want to fly with you. I don't want you at my airline. And I don't want you in my industry. I would like for you to go sell insurance, or flip burgers or examine peoples teeth (not mine) or whatever people do who think less of themselves than their coworkers doing the same thing. Mainly because I would be apprehensive that you might not feel up to the task when times get tough and quick, decisive but confident decision makings is needed. I can't operate thinking the person next to me might, at any time, say "Well, we're not paid as much so - maybe I'm not worth it. Maybe this catastrophic issue was supposed to happen to me."

Of course, I can do nothing to affect that and probably will never know who you are but just understand, I think one of the worst kind of people are those who has lesser self worth. And I hope that if any similar conversation were to ever occur in a cockpit in which yoy\u are flying, I would pray that whomever you're flying with has enough self respect to express these same sentiments to you in a professional and tactful way that isn't abravise or causes friction within the work environment that endagers anyone.

Just so we're clear about where I (and I hope many others) stand.