A very good question indeed! I have no idea what the policy of the organisation I have done casual work for is but one of the full time pilots views are identical to onya's employers.
Also; does anyone else share my intense disliking for the term 'affordable safety'?
As I mentioned on another thread, I once saw a poster on a door of the Nationair office in Port Moresby years ago 'If you think safety is expensive, try having an accident'
You only live twice. Once when
you're born. Once when
you've looked death in the face.