the fact is though, not enough planes drop out of the sky due to pilots
being sent out in appalling conditions - in aircraft that have barely legal IFR instrumentation, and certainly nothing in the way of a stormscope, radar, or de-icing equipment to provide some additional measure of protection.
for anyone to care.
aviation is very safe. whether its due to equipment or people or just the big ol' sky is irrelevant to the travelling public.
most companies are morally bankrupt and understandably so, when their motive is profit. i heard a rumor that Woolworths is the second biggest owner of pokies in NSW after the Casino. BAL rips everyone off blind yet they help Angel Flight. they're all full o' ****e.
if the answer to the question of whether it is morally wrong to equip aircraft as the poster suggests is yes, i have to ask "so what?" what difference will it make?
until the driving factor of human behaviour changes from self advancement to self improvement nothing is gonna change.
is it morally wrong for you, Mr The Bunglerat, to fly the aircraft as you describe with pax on board if you think its dodgy? if not, then why expect anyone else to change?