£743,000 minus 30% still leaves the man absurdly rich. It's not the same thing when the basic pay is £14,000, which this cabin crew member gets: (see .

Drastically cutting executive pay (and other bloated rewards for greedy peopleat the top) might not make much impact on costs - but it would make "We're all in this together" meaningful - and that surely is something that any organisation in trouble needs to have.