if you bring that much value, ie liabilty control, to the situation then sure.
you think if you flew Elon Musk around in a 172 he'd only pay you $20/ hr?
If you make a company a lot of money or reduce their liabilities by a lot of money you should get paid a lot of money,
not just based on seats.
Not everyone is equal and not all airlines are run equally. Also you get what you negotiated.