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Agreed, although it takes an individual with a huge amount of integrity or a culture that values and promotes integrity to make a call like this: > “At that po
by guitarbill 4y ago
Agreed, although it takes an individual with a huge amount of integrity or a culture that values and promotes integrity to make a call like this:
> “At that point, two in a row like that, that’s when I said, ‘No, we’re done,'” said Peyton. “That’s when I stopped things.”
Hats off to Peyton, and possibly Alaska. I would also love to hear about times when something similar happened, and it was discovered that nothing was wrong.
- CPLX 4y agoAmazingly, this really is the approach that has characterized all aspects of aviation for decades. It’s incredibly admirable and worth emulating in many other situations. It’s also fragile, and the fact that it strikes many as an uncommon level of integrity for a business decision is precisely why aviation needs to be shielded from having the prevailing business culture sneak in, like we have seen happen at Boeing in a few highly notable instances.
- hodgesrm 4y agoThis type of judgment call by a single person has also helped avoid nuclear war on at least two documented occasions. [0,1] Again, food for thought. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alar... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83