Don't expect changes any time soon...
I have to agree. Lipservice is the top action in today's world when it comes to such issues touching the wallet. Global warming, banking-world bonus excesses, human rights violations and so on. Every one would decently agree that something has to be done - but the others first, please.
There is a cynical little nuance in aviation though. It has that "it will not happen to me" thing a little bit more than with the other themes. The managers and regulators are most eloquent at the memorials, promising any kind of immediate action, swearing on the honor of their mothers, just to forget about that the next morning at the first meeting with the company beancounters and attorneys (and later with his personal banker for that matter). Their butts will most probably never be on board, therefore ..... where is the problem? The public will soon forget as the next scandal is just around the corner, so just sit it out.
We pilots make such easy, beatiful and defensless scapegoats, once in the smokin' hole. Nothing will happen, it is financially just too convenient for the establishment.
