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Yes, and that is true for the crew that share the aeroplane with those passengers. But, the passengers, through their tickets, are paying the salaries for ALL Qantas pilots - not just the crew flying them at the time.
Wrong. Your logic is faulty. You are correct in so far as there are pilot costs from those on Blank lines and reserve and training courses who do not do full line flying, however that would result in, at most an additional 50% cost (snap estimate - and I'm being REALLY generous to you here). The other Pilots earn their money on the trips THEY fly passengers on.
So, I'll concede you $60 instead of the $40.
Your problem is that you do not understand the way Pilots get paid.
The pilots are not paid on a per hour basis
... er news to me! What did I just say above?
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Just to be really pessimistic, I did my own calculation on a London trip, being as generous as I could, using maximum pilots, 80% load factor 50% allowance for non-line pilots etc etc and could still only get just over $100 per passenger for the return trip for Pilot costs.