Crew salaries and benefits are a minute fraction of the equation. They could double our pay and have nearly the same bottom line.

Crew salaries and benefits are still only part of the crew costs. Training, tsa requirements, parking, jepp updates, overhead, and hotel costs are all part of your cost not just your pay rate. I'm sure someone already said this but there are quality of life increases that I want that do have a cost, that our competition does not have.