yeah, but the best at what cost
atleast at Ezy the pilots have some say to put on the brakes a bit or redirect things if they seem to be going a bit in the dangerous direction...
management in most cases isn't aware of what limitations really lie, or what alternatives are perhaps available...
MOL says he hates pilots... he claims he isnt an aerosexual... so why should he know anything about contingency fuel? all he cares about is the pilots taking minimum fuel so not to carry too much and end up burning 'too much'...
that used to be the case, now thankfully no more thanks to a little intervention by Boeing...
A little backgroud info...
FDR is now installed fleet wise, but feedback to pilots is done by the company directly, and there is a general overhanging sense of fear of the box...
training is of a high standard... thanks to the TRI and TRE's hard work...