@AirRabbit, the point I was trying to make is that without any regulation most businesses, including aviation enterprises, would have been out of business a long time ago. By not letting that happen, governments have exercised a certain influence with its ups and downs.
'Free' market is the equivalent of prostitution. You get what you pay for at the lowest possible price, influenced by the needs of the prostitute and/or the needs of the clientele. How that is supposed to guarantee a certain quality is a mystery to me. Free market boils down to the principle of the 'survival of the fittest' and as much as I like a good competition, it will definitely
NOT benefit safety where the aviation industry is concerned. I hope you can agree with me on that one. If not, I suppose you consider nothing wrong with life at your average regional airline these days. In conclusion, there is nothing free about a 'free market', people are forced to work in the worst possible conditions, with the lowest possible standards and under a continuous pressure and fear of losing their jobs, because some new hooker may pop up on the block and steal their clients.
It wasn't me who came up with this picture but I find it very fitting for aviation post 911.
