Originally Posted by unemployedagain

As with just about everything, things change with time. Anything a management team deems not cost effective or expense will be set aside. I can not tell you how many times I have seen this happen. ie. hotel downgrades, time rest periods between trips or the crew meal thing.

Either way, we have airlines being run by accountants, not aviations professionals. Safety comes second to the bottom line in many of these meetings.

It is scary in some instances the disregard, but what do pilots do? They keep moving forward.