I too have worked for a carrier that had a hull loss (with the associated loss of life), 5 in fact. It was horrible to go through and I hope no one ever has to repeat it. What the implication of the original post was is that since it has been accounted for in the business, plan, increased risks are now acceptable to the company. I don't think that they really understand the cost of an accident and I feel very strongly that some of the risks that they have been willing to take with the flight operation border on the immoral.