there are costs to be covered!! simulators,fuel,safety pilots, uniforms, visas the list is endless and no we will not provide this to pilots for free!
These are revenue flights you are are operating, and those are pretty standard operating expenses for an airline. It's not like you're a flying club, flying these jets around empty for the benefit of the pilot. Perhaps you should tell the pilots to purchase and bring with them to work each day a can of hydraulic fluid, a toner cartridge, some engine parts and a loo roll for the heads.
If the absurdity of Eastern's comments are not immediately obvious to you, then frankly you are made for each other.