JF
"there seems to be a NEW safety THREAT emerging which only arises BECAUSE of this successful past which has allowed civil aviation to become a commodity in the literal sense of the word. This commodity is in danger of being exploited by managers who are too young to remember when aviation was not safe. These people (perhaps rather naturally) take safety as a given and just try and improve the bottom line by cost cutting."
Well said, that man! This rings so true to so many of us, not especially in aviation - Police Service (previously the un-PC "Force"), Education and NHS - all of whom have "managers" who did not come up through the ranks but obtained some sort of degree which was assumed gave them magical powers but who, in their ignorance, had an ability to cut corners and costs. The result - a crime-ridden society with a ham-strung no police visibility, kids leaving school who are unable to read or count and an NHS where you have to wait 5 hours plus in an A&E department and hope you don't have to get admitted as you are likely to contract some nasty disease because of uncleaned wards.