Originally Posted by Just trust them

$750,000 profit per hour.

That will probably increase when the A321neo starts transatlantic operations. Because Group II pays less than Group III.

In 2015, in the 30 hours a pilot will stay by the highway in a bed-bug infested motel, say the Palos Verdes, earning nothing but per-diem, the largest airline in the world will generate $22,500,000 in profit. Not revenues, profit.

$22,500,000 in pure profit and a pilot gets per-diem only for 30hrs of a lifetime wasted. The per diem is tax-free, so there is that.