An aircraft came in on the last day of the business week.
Are the pilots and all staff hired for the aircraft on the last day, also paid for the full week? It seems so from the cash flow statement. Is there any miscalculation or anything I'm missing?
No, you're right. Wages are paid for all employees at the end of your business week, regardless when they were hired within the week. I guess it's a programming thing.
If you really count on every penny, disable to automatic hire function and only hire those people after your business week has ended. You can even activate flightplans (with a 3 days delay) and then assign the pilots later (e.g. after the end of your business week).
But that won't kill your business. If it does, the reason might be found somewhere else ;)
I think as long as you hire them, not train them, it will be fine. It's not a really big deal.
Eight pilots that you pay $1,500 each, only cost you $12,000, which is mostly 10% of a day income with Airbus A320