A4, I think that you've hit the nail on the head.
You say that you love your job. Presumably thats why you're not leaving it and joining your friend the computer salesman on double the money. After all, if there's no formal training required, you could always start tomorrow.
. And if you leave, and there's lots of other pilots willing to step in to fill your shoes at the same salary as you're currently on, I can't see the company paying them more than you get/got.
Its all a question of supply and demand. The shareholders of any company have the power to appoint the Board, who then make the decisions on executive pay (and if its a public company, the remuneration committee is made up of non- executive dierectors.) The board then keep the shareholders happy by not spending more of the company's money than they have to.
I don't know about this situation with easy, but presumably the saving to the company of the shortened implementation time is saving them money - otherwise why would they pay out the extra cash to the managers?
cur