Guvnor
Please read Sir Algernon Scruggs last post about relative values and stop bleating on about it.
It is evident that you don't like pilots but I have a theory. You actually realise our full worth and you resent it. On the one hand we are probably (together with engineers) the single most decisive factor where safety is concerned; which is paramount to running a marketable airline. Secondly, the fact that experienced pilots are difficult to come by forces you to make your job offer attractive; and that costs you money. You enjoy the freedoms of capitalism but you would withold it from others.
I think that any respect you ever had in this website depletes with your every post, every time.
Magplug
I think you'll find that the single largest expense in an airline is the fuel bill!