Training has improved. Human factors, CRM are all far better understood. Aircraft are more reliable and automation has improved.
The black cloud on the horizon is the accountant. The correct balance between profit and safety is the new challenge.
The view from my seat is that we are all working flat out up to the legal limit. Training has taken a back seat, and the simulator reduced to a "box ticking exercise" with little or no real training input. The aircraft are working flat out with minimum time on the ground everywhere. So are never fixed.
Margins are constantly being eroded by the needs of the shareholder and the accountant. It will not stop until people die.
all imho ofc.