[Dottore]

It's simply wrong in my view to pay people who carry this kind of responsibility for the lives of their passengers so little. But I guess that's the free market at work.

I'd be interested to know how flight crew salaries actually impact ticket prices.

But I'd much rather pay a bit more for my flight to know that my pilot is getting a decent wage, and didn't have to live with his/her parents and fly across the country in order to get to work.