Pilots to blame.....
Have no issue with a client changing contractor at any point if the contract is so loose and permits it. That's business.
The problem is that everyone knows that majority of contracts are not worth the paper etc etc. Realistically then, such contracts are for just 90-days.
So short-term mentality rules and the mindset that goes with that.
In effect, long term issues are rarely resolved and 'best practice' is just a phrase clients throw about at glossy 'safety' seminars whilst in the same breath instigating the most hazardous situation in SNS I have seen worldwide.
standby for broad-brush
Pilots are to blame as we are 'go-minded', flexible and operate under the mantra 'if we don't do it then they'll just get someone else' - Pilots are malleable and live in a precarious financial world. Pilots rarely have a credible voice and just get on with it - mumbling and moaning to each other in the cockpit and thereby poisoning the atmosphere.
If pilots were more unified and 'militant' then maybe they might be regarded as something akin to knowledgeable and skillful professionals rather than easily-replaced timid bus drivers? North Sea pilots are not as good as they think they are. They rarely raise their head above the parapet (due to perceived personal consequences) so many safety and operationally-enhancing opportunities are missed and Lady Luck is asked to work overtime in what is our everyday place of work. Pilots start with standards then soon realise that standards are not welcome so allow personal scruples to be hijacked by the fear of losing work. Pilots are reluctant to pursue their employment rights for the fear of muddying the water. The North Sea (flying) is not as 'safe' and 'proactive' as recent glossy articles suggest and lags behind some operating areas I have experienced - even in Africa ;-). We tolerate pilots - whom if they worked in any other sector - would have been laughed at or taken around the back of the bike shed and thumped. Promoted pilots think they are back at school and stop thinking rationally.
Pilots spend more time and effort on embellishing gossip than on trying to improve the situation.
What goes around comes around and if you think things will improve them you are in the wrong industry ;-)
This situation will continue because the companies have told the CAA that it does not happen......