PJ2
It may well be career suicide to state that due to inadequate training accidents are going to increase. I do not doubt that for a moment.
May I offer a few points regarding this?
Forums such as this permit intelligent debate about matters that concern both airline staff and passengers. If a fundamental concern such as safety is raised then it is as powerful as any advertisement for an airline.
Whilst air travel is not essential it is largely an inescapable part of modern life. SLF invest money and their lives in air transport. I imagine that I am not alone in thinking that I would want to pay my fares to a company with both reliable aircraft and ground staff, (which as it is regulated is demonstrable to passengers) but also to a company who invest in the aircrew. A measured career pathway where the FD crew are taught appropriately, and gather substantial experience is not a privelege of select airlines but should be essential. Ive posted before about the trust that UK people had in BA and not without reason. To provide a long-term structure to air crew development is not optional it is essential and if MBA man thinks that it is not essential then he (or she) will see the company go the way of all things.