Interesting discussion, but sometimes a bit awkward. I do compare a captain on an airliner with a Minor Executive Officer on ground. Now, let's do the math: they fly 1.100 hours a year, say 750 flights. There are maybe 200 people on board, paying 500 dollar a flight. This makes a revenue per flight captain and year of around 75 Mio USD, where she/he is responsible for. There are about 10 people for which the captain is responsible as well. So, take the salary of a non-C Executive being responsible for 75 Mio and 10 people -> at least the captain in air is definitely not overpaid by means of ground salaries. My5cents.