Originally Posted by What

If you grab the pie the take a slice for maintenance, another for fuel, another for cost as insurance, hangars office space, employee training, HR, pay other workgroups and other misc expenses you will see that the pilot compensation is a very small piece of the pie considering we are who make the airplane fly!

Airlines continue to say pilot cost are very high but this cost also includes our training that is required by the regulations and shouldn't be taken against us, our compensations is a very small piece of the pie a very small percentage of the CASM but is an easy place for the airlines to make adjustments.