I accept that there may have been some misinterpretation between us over the Colgon crash. I am a professional pilot of many years, and have been at the coal face in FR in the past and felt the pressure and conflict between safety and profit. There is far more than uniforms and pensions at stake.
Safety and profit do not make good bedfellows, like oil and water they do not mix well, hence the need for independent arbitration by the IAA. There will always be a risk in aviation, it is the nature of the beast but as a pilot I manage it and should not be afraid to raise my voice over safety matters for concern over my job. Indeed a company that truly recognises safety as its number 1 priority, as opposed to just a punch line to be toted as required would welcome the input from the people at the coal face operating their business model as opposed to shooting them down.