http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/05/news/companies/ford_execpay/index.htm?postversion=2007040510 - Ford CEO: $28M for 4 months work
Former Boeing exec got $18.5 million bonus, almost $9 million in stock and options and base salary at annual $2 million rate, according to proxy.


This is why the top 300,000 makes as much as the bottom 150,000,000. The revolution has been called on the account of fine mexican meth, cheap goods from walmart, video games, and  Oprah.

Of course it's the workers' pension plans and health care costs that are killing automakers....

"let them eat cake"

To really increase shareholder value, layoffs should start with the most expensive employees.  The CxOs.