The argument for "Charging for ICUS" as some humanitarian greater good for GA, is like saying that you're making a humanitarian contribution to Haiti by only shagging Haitian hookers.
It's amazing that people are quick to trot out the old line about how it's you the members who collectively are the AFAP, thereby absolving the organisation from any wrong doing or responsibility and placing the onus on the collective group.
Yet when it comes to abhorrent practices in GA, it's every man for himself. It's all about the individual and the perception of getting ahead and F
ck everyone else.
With the way that behavioural science based Airline interviews are going, I wouldn't be surprised if in the near future candidates were requested to Cite examples of how they have made their work-place / industry a better place for the generations following behind them.
