It's truly scary to think that the industry has cut costs to the point of being unsafe. Our current set of regulations really need to be evaluated as they were set up to be "once in a while" occurrences like minimum rest overnights and maintenance deferrals. When pilots are pushed to the limits constantly and airplanes fly with continuously defered items just to save a buck you know there's something wrong.
Even worse that a pilot has to sue the company to hold up what is rightfully our right to refuse a flight on the grounds of safety!