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How about a defined sum (not percentage) and then the 1/1 match to hit the maximum annual contribution?
$17k per pilot costs ~ $137 million, then up to $18k of match for the <50 crowd and up to $21k of match for the >50 crowd...
This would be ideal, especially for the early years when it's hard to get to the ERISA limits of the 401(k).