I have no idea what MA will decide to pay to the ship owners. however, I do know what a ship can generate in profit in a month. now, bear in mind that I'm the worst pilot ever and I flew at pretty much the lowest rates and didn't dedicate my life to standing around and measuring my hair as it grew.
I could easily make over 2K peds a month. the more driven and present pilots would generate twice that. again, bear in mind, this is after expenses.
so, after nine months, my lost revenue is probably around 20K ped. burnsey estimated the payout at 6.5K or so. in my opinion, this would be a huge loss, for me.
the major factor really is that there are some 68 hangars - but of that number, at best 30 were active commerically. so, over half will get a free ride. I don't see any way around this, as all should be treated equally. but the longer the current situation continues, the worse it is for any pilot who had any degree of activity.
since we're talking about all of this stuff and costs and whatnot, I personally find it hilarious that people are willing to pay 17.5 ped to go to CP and 25 ped to go to the asteriod. I always flew much lower but still had a hard time finding passengers. of course, most passengers had no qualms about paying someone else more because they were there at the time.
I'll laugh even harder if some sort of automatic shuttle system is introduced at the now "normal" rates - less stress and annoyance for me.
another real source of annoyance is the fact that, at this moment, I can't sell my ship even if I wanted.