So I ask you 212MAN......just what is the "Value" of a single human life?
However much he/or she has insured self for.
SASless, you ask a moral question when what's being considered are a combination of technical and economic factors in where one draws a line on a mandatory risk mitigation requirement, which is based on (as you very well know from your years of flying) the problem of weight costing you money, and features adding weight.