RE: half-full / half-empty
It is not about seeing half-full or half-empty. Only just seeing the obvious market forces at work. No one (individual company, or employee group) can do anything to alter the path. It is an industry wide thing that what was once highly skilled would become "commoditize". If lots of people possess the same skills you have, then you are not highly skilled anymore. As with all commodity, the price is the same across the industry. Just the trend of the industry.
RE: CX780
So what questions were you asked during your hiring interview that can a predict a successful outcome in a untrained-for situation? What answer did you give that differentiate you from others? By your reasoning, all CX pilots have gone through a rigorous recruitment process, and so should have such a great level of skills and creative thinking, such that all CX pilots will have the same successful outcome in 780 situation? Lots future flyers applicants will have similar skills and experiences ON PAPER, how to look for those with exceptional out-of-the-box thinking? Point is that when company does hiring, it looks for a specific level of skills/experience (on paper) for the price offered .... gets back to my previous point of being a commodity. It will not give a premium to exceptional thinking (and how to test for out-of-the-box thinking anyway?). Safety is NOT the first thing on the minds of the executive management team. Their first priority is making the most profit for the company, and getting the most bonus for themselves in the process. Having good safety is just a tool to accomplish their first task.