Europe and Asian airlines grow whilst standards fall
Experience levels must be at an all time low with incidents and accidents coming in daily (as predicted a decade ago). Most of the incidents and accidents bear the haulmarks of inexperience and or poor training. It is time to review the policies of airlines exploiting the 'free' co-pilots who have a never ending string of rookies paying for a couple of hundred hours in order to start their careers off. These airlines obviously have no intention of running safe operations as it is paying total disregard to one of the most important safety tools which is experience!
It is imperative that the regulators find a way of mandating certain minimum standards that force airlines to retain and consolidate flight crew experience.
In addition the following recommendations;
1. Limit the amount of Type ratings airlines can run relative to their projected growth.
2. Regulate 3rd party Flight Crew providers
3. Publish a ratings and grading table for TRTO's
It is certainly a worrying time for passengers who deserve more protection from their regulators.