Most people have no problem with million dollar salaries etc if the person recieving them actually built the company up from scratch ie Reg Ansett, Alan Scott etc. The trouble is most of these so called "captains of industry" have never built anything in their lives,but have greased themselves into management positions through a mates network and the ability to fool boards into believing they have. Once in the position they then pay themselves as if it is actually their company all along.
This practice is by no means unique to aviation either.