What is evident from the discussion thus far, is that almost all airlines continue to stretch their pilots' duty hours, thus compromising aviation safety with the tacit approval of the regulators.
Absolutely!
Unfortunately it's the way things work;
1) corporations will try to push the envelop claiming it's all safe,
2) insiders will keep on warning,
3) regulators (greased by big corporation lobbyists) will continue to look away and,
4) in the end, when it all goes horribly wrong, the public will have to pay the price and some mid level employee (i.e. pilot!) will get the blame.
What a wonderful con job, it's basically the "financial crisis 2.0"
Don't let a good crisis and a massive oversupply of pilots go to waste!
