JW411,
Costs of crews are part of the mandatory company financial returns that are given to CAA, and published in CAP663. I seem to remember pointing this out to Hand Solo before but he keeps quoting his own figures, trying to prove that BA crews are underpaid relative to others.
I don't have a recent CAP663, but the 1998 edition states that average expenditure per pilot head is as follows:
Air 2000 £52300
Airtours 50500
Britannia 68300
BA 75500
BM 56900
Caledonian 46500
Flying Colours 63400
Heavylift 40600
KLM UK 42200
Leisure Intl 42900
Monarch 53200
Virgin 52600
Others 35500
There is only one category of staff in any of the major airlines that 'cost' their company more than BA staff costs it's company, and that is Britannia. Their ticketing and sales staff cost £23700 per head, against BA which is £20500.