dallas dude - how much of that US$9m is made up of cash salary, cash bonus and the value of share options? At that sort of level, the overwhelming majority is usually in the form of options which are effectively performance related pay - because if the CEO/senior management don't do their job properly, then the option exercise price is higher than the market value and therefore worthless...
AAL_Silverbird - don't post pics like that here, for goodness sake ... you'll be prompting strikes at BA next!
