What an excellent post.
It's time IFALPA puts it foot down. We're the front line of this madness, and we have the power and obligation to stop it.
We've lost control over our profession because we can't unite. We undercut each other, underbid each other, blame each other and fight one another while losing all focus on what should be our core business; getting our passengers safely from A to B.
As things now stand, any airline willing to go beyond the absolute minimum safety standard loses economic viability in the long run.
We must retake control of training standards. Of flight time limitations. On flight ops management qualifications. On admission to the profession.
The question just remains of how many more accidents have to occur before that will happen.