Well we will always have the bashers that will whine and whinge about pay and conditions. But if their so called super duper paying airlines started retrenching and they found themselves out on the street with bills to pay and kids to feed, it would be so amazing how bloody fast their super duper high standards and morals would fall apart like farts in the wind.
Guys and girls take jobs after reading the contracts, renegotiating points and signing on the dotted line with eyes wide open. No point whinging after the fact. If terms and conditions not suitable don't sign.
Maintenance standards. Well from speedbird to bangbird most if not all flight crews have no idea what maintenence standards are and what screw ups are kept in house. Just because the LAE smiles at you and says he will take care of it doesn't mean a thing. The crew have left the scene and in a big operation would probably not fly the same aircraft for sometime. How many pilots scrutinise the MR for defered items in the MR2 that they have entered in the MR1 months ago (Who really remembers and tracks this)
Rejected take off, I agree with all you guys have written and would like to add.
V1, Must be greater than VMCG. Not less than VMBE. With 1 second to recognise. 1 second confirm and 1 second to react.
Rejecting a takeoff after V1 is acceptable if the Captain asseses that the aerodynamic capability of the aircraft is in doubt and would be detrimental to safe flight.
Wooblah.