The salary at Comair has absolutely nothing to do with this KLEX accident, and it more than likely would have happened if the crews salary was twice what it was.
The VERY basic fact is, poor training combined with a culture that is NOT safety oriented, which is confirmed by the CVR transcript.
These Comair guys are there simply because they hope to either have (eventually) the regional salaries higher (not likely to happen) or they hope to get hired by a major carrier....where they will find declining salaries, and there is positively nothing that they or ALPA/APA can do about it.
Period.
If bigger bucks are required (to hit on the babes etc) then these guys might as well try Subway management.
Indeed, by the looks of the transcript perhaps this is where they belong.
In short, shape up, or ship out.