S76Heavy
Totally agree with your "rant". Lots of us are hurting.
All to often the tasking agencies don't fully apreciate the limitations of particular equipment / operations and therefore the "go/no-go" decision comes back to the crew. How many times have we all looked back on a particular flight and in the light of day realised that we probably made the wrong call. (Just because we didn't have an accident didn't make it right!)
Unfortunatley the high level of skill & professionalism amongst most operators often masks the limitations of the equipment they are given to do the job with.
My 2 cents worth.