NEWSFLASH!!!!!
The flying public doesn't care what our salaries are!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is no consideration on their behalf, so stop believing there is a public interest story here.

If you honestly believe that a passenger considers what the pilots are being paid before he/she buys that $100 ticket on Expedia to fly from NY to LA, then you seriously have misunderstood capitalism and the art of subcontracting.

Sad, but true.