Originally Posted by
CW247
This industry operates at the edge of the safety margin entirely for profit or to satisfy the consumer by giving them ultra low cost flights. When will we realise aviation safety is absolutely compromised by a very unhealthy competition which now exists in this industry? We need to introduce a minimum cost per mile for flying with airlines competing not in terms of ticket prices but in terms of customer service and experience/comfort. The money should then be diverted to pay the staff better or simply hire more so the job can be done in a safer way. The regulators are asleep. Competition in aviation has reached a crisis point.
Which would of course explain why aviation has never been safer
That being said, I'd consider the practice of making the tug driver responsible for everything rather daft. There should be
at least one spotter (with one of those really noisy compressed air horns) to make sure they're clear.