Old cliches perhaps, but true nonetheless.
Dylsexlic - that has to be the most sensible post I have seen in this forum. Well said, you should be running an airline - unless you are already - because you are 100% correct! With the market conditions as they are, many businesses - in aviation and elsewhere - are having to stay lean and mean to survive. However if safety is being compromised for financial reasons, and if anyone experiences it, there are mechanisms in place to report it and get action taken.