My my, how politically correct we've become. Fact is flight safety and CRM do not exist in a vacuum are very much cultural issues. Of course the company's culture is most defining but how do you separate societal culture and company culture in some third world airlines? If your country advocates a strict conformist attitude, then how are you to think outside the box when a situation isn't covered by the checklist? If society tells you to respect age and rank without question, how are you to question your Captain? Can your birth caste be an issue in the cockpit? I'm sure many of you non-pc ppruners can think of other examples of society intruding in the cockpit.