Beancounters and Flightsafety is an 'oxymoron'(like military inteligence) ,but it isn't only prevalent with the 'Charter' field.
The big Co's only give 'token'credit to their safety Mngrs/assoc reps until there's a serious incident or smoking hole.Then they reinvent the wheel!!!
The only safety factor you have is yourself.Charter Co' chief pilots know the only exist because of the professionism of their flight crews(crumbs if we carried on like the other Dept's,there'd be wrecks from coast to coast)...
As has been pointed out,if it's(the situation)is as bad as you say,start to 'talk' it up amongst your serious peers.Document areas of concern'Fatique' etc,and send it to the proper recipients( the Firm's mngrs)..Once it's a matter of record someone will react,even if you only refer to the concerns as 'percieved'...Naturally send the Documents to the 'internal' Mngrs first..(if conditions warrant it ,carbon copy then further)
At the present time the B/Counters have the field as there is a surplus of trained people(3 month contracts),once the surplus has 'dried' up they will be forced to offer a more stable outlook to candidates.....
