Home Brew,
No, not at all.
Pilot salaries are only a small part of an airlines operating cost. But together with all the staff on the books, add up to being the third highest cost incurred by an airline.
The pilots will be dragged along with the other 15,000 or so employee's.
High pay packets in the Aus - Pacific region are now very much in the minority and the latest events will place enormous pressure on QF pilots and give QF a huge lever with which to bargain.
Part of the price you pay to live in a great place.