Guvnor,
The very mention of consultants wakes me from my torpor!
However, on the matter of compensation, the reason pilots are not happy with profit sharing is that it depends on the skill(and honesty) of management to produce and honestly report profits to be shared.
Pilots produce in a predictable measurable and regular way, managers do not.
Let the managers pay be totally performance related, their job is to manage, let them be judged by the results.If they get it all wrong, they don't get paid.
Fair enough?