Well I think if regulators were serious about safety then ;
1. It would be investigated why there is almost an evac once a week for ground cockpit/cabin smoke issues ( poor procedures / tight turnaround times ? )
2. All window exits, all types would be equipped with slides.
3. A cabin crew seat would be in the exit rows.
4. Exit rows would be occupied (2 recent flights I travelled on, 2 different carriers had empty exit rows as nobody would pay for them.)
5. Excess cabin baggage wouldn't be stuffed in the hold at last minute without a thought for the contents.
6. Cabin PAs would be made audible.
Anyone who portrays passengers en masse as " stupid" does not deserve to be in the pointy end. Especially so, when some of these very people check their mobiles on finals, take off from taxyways, can't recognise a stall, land at the wrong airport, fail to lower flaps in an evac & more....
We are all human, we all make mistakes, sometimes stupid. Stop bitching about each side of the fence & work together to improve, educate & learn, no matter what our position is.