DB,
You are so right when you talk of the Oilys concept of "if there's doubt, there's NO doubt"!
I think most of the NS pilots will agree that we will always try to complete a crew change flight, but we must always remember that we are only taking people to work. We are not SAR crew, doing our utmost (safely!) to save lives: we are, in effect, highly qualified and highly trained bus drivers.
All the advances in a/c technologies, better SOPs and stricter regulations will be of little use if pilots continue to be subject to 'commercial' pressure, whether from the client, company Operations or indeed self-imposed.
That's not to say that all those advances shouldn't be made and introduced; they should, and probably should have been introduced ten years ago!
bondu