Couldn't agree more Ted, one wonders just what it will take before somebody decides to sit back and say Hey, there is something wrong here! Money rules period, standards of training, the lot.
I have spoken with a superintendent or 2 who have freely admitted they can support a couple of reasonable accidents a year and continue to employ cheap poor quality labour to man the ships. As for hours of rest, they are a joke. I was on ships where it became necessary to work ridiculous hours and fight with captains to recognise them. Even PSC was satisfied with flimsy excuses from Captains regarding excessive hours and ignore them after initially picking up on them. Needless to say I no longer work for that particular company. I could go on!