How many seats in the turbo prop?

You also have to look at your competition. Ameriflight will pay 40K for a captain of a metro. Based on this I would say captains make that starting off and keep QOL acceptable.

Also as previously posted, lead by example and do what you say. There are 100's of bad examples not to follow and just a few good ones. Remember the saying, "a company never got a union without deserving one"