Actually profit margin at an all time high. No major incidents either so the airline is operating according to the LCC model. Pay just high enough that the operation still goes.
Lastly, what's changed. Last year pilots on this very board bragging about nk's profitability.
Everyone who thinks Mgt is dumb is missing the point of Mgmt. If you were an Investor would you want your CEO paying more than he needed to safely make planes go?