Tis not a brave new world; always been like it in my 30 years ..... more established companies expand training and safety at behest of aviation advisors, to gain trust and hopefully prolong contracts. Oil prices crash or new operations push aviation advisors to one side, and the bean-counters rule the roost. Crying 'snot fair doesn't help - it's probably the sort of innovative, risk taking commercial success shown by the new upstart operator that started their own company previously!
Bow ties ....... if all pilots understood the bowties (in conjunction with studying accident reports), and if the safety department could find a better way to disseminate them, pilots might understand more fully why procedures are in place or checklists are set out ...... then perhaps several of the more prevalent CRM / CFIT failure accidents might have been avoided?