Originally Posted by AUP09

Small point, but you should consider that many salaried employees also took (and are continuing to take) "unpaid" leaves and the unemployment programs did not adequately replace their lost wages.

Also consider that the percent of pay being lost by many non-pilot workers is much higher than 12%, even for those that received unemployment benefits for a period of time. If you want to compare year over year changes in total compensation, there are "regular" employees that will be down more than 40%.