>>In my view it is likely that the demands on a tp's professional integrity will exceed those on his physical courage.<<
The point is nicely made. The issue, however, cuts right accross society.
The following Human Factors Report for the JAA made the following observation in the Executive Summary:
http://www.icon-consulting.com/study...s/reportv2.pdf
'Captains are increasingly being required to make economic decisions, which is often counter to their traditional role of safely flying the aircraft. There is sometimes a dilemma between safety and economics: a Captain has the responsibility for the safety of a flight but may be blamed by management if he or she is thought to have taken a commercially detrimental decision. If a pilot succumbs to commercial pressure and as a result is involved in an incident, he cannot, in law, defend his position by saying that the company pressured him to take the actions that he did.
Some pilots find this dilemma difficult to resolve on a day to day basis'.
Our profession is not alone in suffering these types of pressures. A hospital local to me has cut back on office cleaners. Consultants have been told by the Hospital Administration to empty their own dust bins and clean their own offices.
Now, of course they are not going to do that are they? However lack of hygiene is a health risk and now who is to blame?
Penny wise and pound foolish. A society which knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.