Originally Posted by Captain Tony

You're looking at this whole thing from a management/business owner point of view. Most of us in this industry became pilots because we didn't want to be part of the cubicle culture. The airline industry and its pyramid scheme seniority system (where the higher the pay the less you work) has been in place since its inception. You are decrying this system, but its never going to change. In fact, it's a big reason why many of us do this day in and day out.

You also act like management compensation occurs in a vacuum. If the company was profitable and growing,and we were getting raises along with management, no one would care. But when the company isn't growing or profitable, management needs to embrace shared sacrifice. For them to tell us we're too expensive and need to give concessions, then award themselves a raise (regardless of whether its 12% or 83%) is out of whack, and really a slap in the face. Obviously we don't need to give THAT bad if they can afford to pay him that handsomely to attend meetings and smoke cigarettes out front all day. You act like BH invented this whole thing. BH is just COO. He takes orders directly from SGU and implements them. He functions like a senior VP, yet gets paid like a CEO. And to use your argument, it's not justified for the amount of work he performs.