This is not news, in that this form of exploitation is common in aviation as well as other industries. The benefactor of cost cutting has successfully shifted t

This is not news, in that this form of exploitation is common in aviation as well as other industries. The benefactor of cost cutting has successfully shifted the risk onto other parties. If there were a mandatory e.g. $100 million life insurance policy for the pilots to be paid by the employer, it would raise the cost of accidents such that the risk of hiring inexperienced, poorly trained, or simply overworked pilots, wouldn't be worth it. There is always another pilot who will take the job, who won't complain about an extra hour, who will willingly lie about working past regulatory max hours, because they have to put food on the table. And some cost cutter will indirectly calculate that the cost of an accident is just part of the cost of doing business, so keep on cost cutting. Occasional accidents are fine. Same as many other industries.