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As much as the threat to a regular paycheck is always a major consideration, there are very few HEMS accidents that can't be root caused back to poor airmanship. Good Captaincy decisions start with resisting organizational pressure to operate beyond acceptable risk. If (as a Captain) you are unable to do that, commercial flying may not be for you.
True but culture and context are powerful. Otherwise we are still stuck at blaming pilots for making decisions which are wrong in hindsight. Yet they are rewarded and good pilots who get on when it doesn’t go wrong... Insidious and implicitly dangerous.
Reminds me of the old joke about the aborted take-off due to unusual engine noise. Took the company an hour to find a replacement crew that wasn’t bothered by the noise.