Pilots are better than groundstaff stuff ??... it really is much simpler than that. Its an airline. Airlines fly planes and therefore you need pilots. No pilots= no planes= no ground jobs= no airline
Simple but wrong - it is a team effort.
If the Engineers didn't deliver a serviceable aircraft you wouldn't go anywhere, if the guy didn't pump the gas you wouldn't go anywhere, if the loaders didn't didn't put the freight on board you wouldn't go anywhere, if the guy in finance didn't renew the aircraft insurance you wouldn't go anywhere, etc. etc. etc. - but you get my drift.
Not forgetting the the most important job in the airline, done by the young Indian girl on about 900 Dhs a month - if she didn't push the right button for the pay to go in the bank each month you wouldn't even be getting out of bed.
