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> This rule has been controversial though, not least of all because both pilots in the Colgan crash already had more than 1500 hours. Is there a term for this:
by travisjungroth 8y ago
> This rule has been controversial though, not least of all because both pilots in the Colgan crash already had more than 1500 hours.
Is there a term for this: reactive legislation that wouldn't have covered the incident it was in response to?
- hathawsh 8y agoInteresting question! There is probably a name for that kind of fallacy. The regression fallacy is close: "Ascribing a cause where none exists in situations where natural fluctuations exist while failing to account for these natural fluctuations." https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/153/Regression-Fallacy https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFalla... The term "magical thinking" is a broad label that could apply. https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/123/Magical-Thinking https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFalla...
- Spooky23 8y agoTypically when you use a crisis to lobby for legislation, you come with a whole bag of items that are useful to the general purpose, but are perhaps not directly relevant to the incident the response is directed at.
- nradov 8y agoNever waste a crisis.
- travisjungroth 8y agoThat's a good point. In my head the "1500 hour rule" is a distinct thing, but it actually came in as a whole set.
- taneq 8y ago"Shotgun approach"? Where you react not only to the proximate cause of the incident, but to all possible proximate causes?