The problem is endemic in the corporate space world wide.
The reason is simple.
Cost focused management driven "generic" post graduate courses.
Costs axiomatically are the easiest thing to focus on, their reduction simple.
Thus, there are literally reams of graduates sitting with excel, "minimising cost". It matters little whether the business be a public entity or private, the focus is the same.
Penny wise pound stupid.
They know the price of everything, the cost of nothing. They cut until they nick a vein and in aviation related endeavours that can be fatal.