It means he wanted to pay NEW HIRE pilots more than he had been paying them, simply to get them in the door. There were no meaningful increases for the rest of the pilots who were already trapped there.

Anybody with half a brain should know that Rev. Bedford's statement about 'trying to pay his pilots more, but they said no' doesn't pass the smell test. That's because it's a half-truth,.....or a I like to refer to half-truths,.....a lie.

He wanted to pay just enough to make it easier for HIM!,......... because it's all about HIM.