Don't you think the education and experience of a pilot should be compensated as such? Education and experience are well-compensated for any other "professional position". The "free-market" doesn't work for pilots, as airline management can dictate minimum experience requirements, at their will, which drastically alters the supply and demand curve. If they are in a bind for pilots, they just lower the mins to a pulse and a wet-ink multi-commercial ticket. Are you looking at it from the perspective of management, which is to do whatever it takes to turn a profit? Or, are you looking at it from the perspective of a pilot, who has worked hard to attain the experience and education required to become a professional aviator, and feels he or she should be compensated as such?