Interesting that on the side of your post a little google ad popped up spruiking flight training for a "guaranteed" $48,733.16 which seems as strange a figure as the $80,000 you quote. Where does the $0.16 come into it?
According to a LAME chum of mine who is close to a major BK sausage factory, there are two scales: "us" and "them". A BBQ sausage pays $40-50k but if you are a curried sausage, you pay the premium!
