The fact remains that the oil companies are willing to throttle the operators close to death just to save a few bob. The fact that the stress on the operator's staff is detrimental to flight safety seems not to bother them. What I'd like to know is whether the oil company can be made accountable for any harm that results from overstressed crews and engineers making a mistake and killing people, or whether they can shrugg it off and simply blame the operator. Just how far does corporate manslaughter go?