Gretchenfrage;
Nice, but naive. You tend to forget that in a lot of places they report to the same bosses, or at least share the same bed.
No, the view is not naive. Did you read the entire post? That very point is acknowledged as is the accident rate for those countries in which the relationships you describe obtain. From the post:
Originally Posted by PJ2
We know that there are parts of the world where cultural behaviours and priorities do not permit this to work, and instead captains are routinely pressured by forces well outside of the cockpit to compromise flight readiness for time, MEL issues and so on. The fatal accident rate reflects this priority.
The comments are addressed to those for whom a normal regulatory relationship applies, and to those who may be just beginning their command, (which I also stated in a previous post). I acknowledged in a reply to
BOAC that a fully sterile cockpit during departure is probably like "trying to climb Everest", but that doesn't invalidate the original point which is made thoroughly enough in the other posts in the thread.