It’s a great metric to aim for. Work rules, security, pay, retirement etc are better at the major airlines. Even with salaries being under pre 9/11, the money made for the amount of time on duty, is much higher than NJA, and it probably always will be, so keep aiming for the stars and maybe you’ll only hit the moon, but t makes perfect sense that airlines would be used as comparison for compensation purposes. Who else would NJA use? Corporate pilot salaries vary greatly as do the work rules. The only consistent target to aim for is 121.