If you don't believe how fast the cancer of diluted T's & C's can spread upwards and outwards from the expanding so called low cost sector, just consider how fast the passengers' T's & C's deteriorated. In only 10 years, since the first 'trial' it is now the norm to pay for baggage, checkin, credit cards etc. etc. That philosophy spread like wild fire and now the pax expect it. They may not like it, but they are not shocked by it. The same has been said for us in paying for type ratings. It is amazing how quickly one becomes accustomed to lower standards; mainly because they become universal. It's only when you venture off the ranch and find some old world values have been retained that you realise what utter c@£p you've been putting up with and how stupid you were for doing so. Pax as well.