It's not the question of business plan. It's the question of mentality. As long as pilots view those hours in their logbook as "compensation", Roger Cohen can keep getting that fake tan and regular Botox shots.

Airlines could and do adjust... when they have to. They had to adjust with the rising fuel cost. You don't think they'd adjust if they simply couldn't recruit any more people for wages they're paying? Why do you think wages at foreign airlines keep going up?