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air lines have reached their current safety precisely because they consider the whole system as a whole and not just focus on the error. the wet bags behind th
by LoSboccacc 6y ago
air lines have reached their current safety precisely because they consider the whole system as a whole and not just focus on the error.
the wet bags behind the autopilot get bored, distracted, complacent, ill or reckless due a moltitude of factors some of which outside their control
it is well known at this point the human modes of failure, and that there was basically no mitigation is a reasonability of the system designer
- PJDK 6y agoBut holding individuals accountable for their actions. A better system would have spotted this person was watching their phone not the road, but it would still have held them accountable and (at minimum) fired them!
- kevinmchugh 6y agoThis flaw is perfectly predictable, given other experience in industrial safety, so why was the better system not built?
- PJDK 6y agoA totally fair point, Uber needs to be held to account for their systemic failings. That doesn't mean that an employee being clearly negligent doesn't also need to be held accountable. Them being held accountable is one part of a good system.