SeldomFixit:
I get paid not very handsomely to avoid types of mistakes that would kill 30 punters. Do you really think level of pay makes a difference to the way one seeks to perform ones duty??
Level of pay may attract competant and qualified people to apply to a given airline, and then it is the job of that airlines recruitment system to select suitable candidates.
Assuming that an acceptable candidate is appointed and properly trained to the airlines procedures and equipment, should they then go on to make a mistake which endangers the lives of passengers, is it not a system failure which has allowed this?
Or is a fully qualified and trained person (who has hitherto satisfied all the company requirements to dispatch their assigned duties) who makes a mistake which endangers lives deemed to be 'negligent' and therefore liable to be terminated from employment, as most employment contracts make provision for?