Originally Posted by framer
If this were is openly acknowledged by ICAO and the various XAA's the only thing that will happen to the industry is that the ticket prices will stabilise a fraction instead of continuing to become cheaper each and every year ( inflation adjusted). and we will have a safer transport system
Problem is framer, there is always a manager willing to throw someone else under the bus for a buck. Unless the rules are completely harmonised internationally (never going to happen), someone will always seek to game & arbitrage the rules to shave a few cents here and there.
Even worse, new pilots to the industry think they can get ahead by assisting those same managers to get experience, so they can get the "good jobs", not realising, that they are actually cutting their own throats in the long run.
This is the "genius" of globalization - create a giant for market for, and have labour race itself to the bottom.