John R.
Wrong end of stick, perhaps.
I'll try and put it another way. Army sends patrols out in a Snatch Landrover instead of a Panther or Saxon. Because...
Patrol goes out and does good job. They are professional, and properly trained etc.
So are you supporting the crews, or the company, for the "99%" of the time that it works (given 1000 plus flights a day, I would hope for a better return than that).
I think we're saying the same thing, really.
Good crews + SOP = safe operation ( despite, not because of the task in hand ). Except sometimes the s**t will hit the fan anyway.
If the safety proceedures are not compromised for commercial reasons ( not saying they were here ), that's another barrier in the error chain.