Whilst I agree, especially with you TG, the people 'paying the wages' and 'resourcing' the operation do not have a sufficient depth of understanding about what it takes to deliver an aeroplane full of people from A to B, and understand that 'the aeroplanes fly themselves'.
They see pilots as 'process workers' and minimum regulatory standard are probably 'excessive'.
And, if they lose a jet or two across the world - well, that's the cost of doing business.
Cynical? Maybe.