D Mc, Your response shows that you did not really want an answer to your question. The higher the salary an airline offers the more selective they can be in their selection of pilots because more will apply. As the salary rises hence more qualified and more experienced pilots will show an interest. If you then employ these pilots and tempt them from their previous employers you instantly have a much higher level of experience on your flightdeck. This equates to the safer airline on which you, no doubt, desire to fly as passenger. If, however, you then start to cut these salaries and break contracts you must expect a reaction. For a supposed onlooker to start tossing in ill-researched and offensive comments and expect to be taken seriously is beyond a joke. Yes, you can ask questions, but please take the trouble to look back over the past few years threads if you really want to make a useful contribution to these threads.